saponaire
French, noun\sa.pɔ.nɛʁ\
saponaire is spelled S-A-P-O-N-A-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saponaire is a French feminine noun meaning “soapwort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de plantes caryophyllées, qui poussent dans les endroits frais, au bord des champs et des bois”.
What does saponaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesoapwort
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de plantes caryophyllées, qui poussent dans les endroits frais, au bord des champs et des bois. 2. Saponaire officinale (plante utilisée pour ses propriétés médicinales et pour la substance détergente extraite de ses feuilles bouillies dans de l’eau, afin de blanchir le linge, les dentelles…).
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 saponaire
- saponaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saponaire?
- \sa.pɔ.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saponaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saponaire in French?
saponaire appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).