rhododendron
French, noun/ʁo.do.dɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
rhododendron is spelled R-H-O-D-O-D-E-N-D-R-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rhododendron is a French masculine noun meaning “rhododendron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante dont le genre appartient à la famille des éricacées, dont les diverses espèces sont recherchées pour…”.
What does rhododendron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerhododendron
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante dont le genre appartient à la famille des éricacées, dont les diverses espèces sont recherchées pour la beauté de leurs fleurs.
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 rhododendron
- rhododendrons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rhododendron?
- /ʁo.do.dɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
- \ʁo.do.dɛ̃.dʁɔ̃\
- [œ̃ ʁo.d̪o.d̪ɛ̃.d̪ʁɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rhododendron
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rhododendron in French?
rhododendron appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).