rhizosphère
French, noun\ʁi.zɔ.sfɛʁ\
rhizosphère is spelled R-H-I-Z-O-S-P-H-È-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rhizosphère is a French feminine noun meaning “rhizosphere (soil region influenced by plant roots)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Région du sol formée et influencée par les racines et les micro-organismes associés, qui peut être affectée…”.
What does rhizosphère mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerhizosphere (soil region influenced by plant roots)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Région du sol formée et influencée par les racines et les micro-organismes associés, qui peut être affectée par le tassement, l’ennoiement, la salinisation, l’eutrophisation ou la pollution du sol, ou encore par des phénomènes d’aridification.
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 rhizosphère
- rhizosphères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rhizosphère?
- \ʁi.zɔ.sfɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rhizosphère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rhizosphère in French?
rhizosphère appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).