plantain
French, noun/plɑ̃.tɛ̃/
plantain is spelled P-L-A-N-T-A-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plantain is a French masculine noun meaning “plantain, any plant of genus Plantago” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel donné aux plantes du genre Plantago, dont de nombreuses espèces sont très communes”.
What does plantain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplantain, any plant of genus Plantago
noun
- 1
masculineplantain (fruit of the genus Musa)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel donné aux plantes du genre Plantago, dont de nombreuses espèces sont très communes. 2. Nom donné à diverses plantes aquatiques par ressemblance avec le « véritable plantain ». → voir alisme
noun: 1. Banane plantain.
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 plantain
- plantains plural
- plantin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plantain?
- /plɑ̃.tɛ̃/
- \plɑ̃.tɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plantain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plantain in French?
plantain appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).