salicorne
French, noun\sa.li.kɔʁn\
salicorne is a French feminine noun meaning “samphire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante halophile du genre Salicornia (famille des Amaranthaceae) qui croît sur le bord de la mer, dans les…”.
What does salicorne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesamphire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante halophile du genre Salicornia (famille des Amaranthaceae) qui croît sur le bord de la mer, dans les marais salants, et dont on retire de la soude. 2. Nom donné à diverses plantes de la famille des Amaranthaceae, proche de celle du genre Salicornia ou anciennement classé dans ce genre, comme Arthrocnemum macrostachyum ou salicorne glauque.
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 salicorne
- salicornes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salicorne?
- \sa.li.kɔʁn\
- [sa.li.kɔʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salicorne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salicorne in French?
salicorne appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).