salsepareille
French, noun/sal.sə.pa.ʁɛj/
salsepareille is spelled S-A-L-S-E-P-A-R-E-I-L-L-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salsepareille is a French feminine noun meaning “sarsaparilla” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante du genre Smilax, de l’ordre des liliales et de la famille des Smilaceae (Smilacacées), dont la racine…”.
What does salsepareille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesarsaparilla
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante du genre Smilax, de l’ordre des liliales et de la famille des Smilaceae (Smilacacées), dont la racine est souvent employée en médecine comme dépurative et sudorifique.
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 salsepareille
- salsepareilles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salsepareille?
- /sal.sə.pa.ʁɛj/
- \sal.sə.pa.ʁɛj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salsepareille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salsepareille in French?
salsepareille appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).