pitaya
French, noun/pi.ta.ja/
pitaya is spelled P-I-T-A-Y-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitaya is a French feminine noun meaning “pitaya, dragon fruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit de différentes espèces de cactus épiphytes, et plus particulièrement de l’espèce Selenicereus undatus…”.
What does pitaya mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepitaya, dragon fruit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit de différentes espèces de cactus épiphytes, et plus particulièrement de l’espèce Selenicereus undatus et Selenicereus megalanthus.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pitaya
- pitayas plural
- pitahaya alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitaya?
- /pi.ta.ja/
- \pi.ta.ja\
- [pi.ta.ja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pitaya in French?
pitaya appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).