potentille
French, noun\pɔ.tɑ̃.tij\
potentille is a French feminine noun meaning “cinquefoil, potentilla” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plantes de la famille des rosacées, qui compte de nombreuses espèces”.
What does potentille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecinquefoil, potentilla
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de plantes de la famille des rosacées, qui compte de nombreuses espèces.
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 potentille
- potentilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potentille?
- \pɔ.tɑ̃.tij\
- [pɔ.tɑ̃.tij]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to potentille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is potentille in French?
potentille appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).