saprophyte
French, noun\sa.pʁɔ.fit\
saprophyte is a French masculine noun meaning “saprophyte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être vivant, notamment les plantes, tirant ses substances nutritives de la matière organique morte de la…”.
What does saprophyte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesaprophyte
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Être vivant, notamment les plantes, tirant ses substances nutritives de la matière organique morte de la litière.
adjective: 1. Qui tire ses substances nutritives de la matière organique morte, par exemple de la litière forestière. 2. Qualifie un microbe qui se nourrit des matières organiques mortes produites par un autre être vivant sans lui nuire.
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 saprophyte
- saprophytes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saprophyte?
- \sa.pʁɔ.fit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is saprophyte in French?
saprophyte appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).