spadice
French, noun\spa.di.se\
spadice is spelled S-P-A-D-I-C-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spadice is a French masculine noun meaning “spadix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inflorescence formée d'un épi entouré d'une grande bractée appelée spathe, caractéristique des Aracées…”.
What does spadice mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespadix
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est muni d’un spadice.
noun: 1. Inflorescence formée d'un épi entouré d'une grande bractée appelée spathe, caractéristique des Aracées (arums) et des Arécacées (palmiers).
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 spadice
- spadices plural
- spadicés plural masculine
- spadicée singular feminine
- spadicées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spadice?
- \spa.di.se\
- \spa.dis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spadice in French?
spadice appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).