rafflesia
French, noun\ʁa.fle.zja\
rafflesia is spelled R-A-F-F-L-E-S-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rafflesia is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative spelling of rafflésie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de rafflésie”.
What does rafflesia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of rafflésie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de rafflésie.
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 rafflesia
- rafflesias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rafflesia?
- \ʁa.fle.zja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rafflesia in French?
rafflesia appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).