pyrèthre
French, noun\pi.ʁɛtʁ\
pyrèthre is spelled P-Y-R-È-T-H-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pyrèthre is a French masculine noun meaning “pyrethrum (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Non usuel de Tanacetum cinerariifolium plante vivace de la famille des Astéracées, cultivée pour ses fleurs…”.
What does pyrèthre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepyrethrum (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Non usuel de Tanacetum cinerariifolium plante vivace de la famille des Astéracées, cultivée pour ses fleurs dont on tire une poudre insecticide.
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 pyrèthre
- pyrèthres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pyrèthre?
- \pi.ʁɛtʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pyrèthre in French?
pyrèthre appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).