ramie
French, noun/ʁa.mi/
ramie is spelled R-A-M-I-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ramie is a French feminine noun meaning “ramie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de Boehmeria nivea, plante de la famille des Urticaceae (celle des orties), originaire d’Asie de…”.
What does ramie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineramie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel de Boehmeria nivea, plante de la famille des Urticaceae (celle des orties), originaire d’Asie de l’est et du sud-est, elle est cultivée pour la fibre textile qu'elle donne, on peut aussi l’utiliser pour la production de papier. 2. Cette fibre textile elle-même.
noun: 1. Ramie, la plante et la fibre.
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 ramie
- ramies plural
- ramié
- ramiés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ramie?
- /ʁa.mi/
- \ʁa.mi\
- \ʁa.mje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ramie in French?
ramie appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).