rhubarbe
French, noun/ʁy.baʁb/
rhubarbe is spelled R-H-U-B-A-R-B-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rhubarbe is a French feminine noun meaning “rhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel donné au plantes du genre Rheum (famille des Polygonaceae), dont les racines peuvent parfois être…”.
What does rhubarbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel donné au plantes du genre Rheum (famille des Polygonaceae), dont les racines peuvent parfois être utilisées en pharmacie. 2. Nom donné à Rheum rhabarbarum ou rhubarbe des jardins qui est médicinale (amère, tonique à petites doses et purgative à des doses plus élevées) et dont le pétiole est consommé en tarte ou confiture.
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 rhubarbe
- rhubarbes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rhubarbe?
- /ʁy.baʁb/
- \ʁy.baʁb\
- [ʁy.baʁb]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rhubarbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rhubarbe in French?
rhubarbe appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).