sylvaner
French, noun\sil.va.nɛʁ\
sylvaner is spelled S-Y-L-V-A-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sylvaner is a French masculine noun meaning “sylvaner (grape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cépage donnant des petites grappes de petits raisins blancs. Il est originaire d'Europe centrale. C'est un…”.
What does sylvaner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesylvaner (grape)
- 2
masculinesylvaner (wine)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cépage donnant des petites grappes de petits raisins blancs. Il est originaire d'Europe centrale. C'est un croisement naturel entre le cépage savagnin et un cépage autrichien. 2. Vin blanc issu de ce cépage.
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 sylvaner
- sylvaners plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sylvaner?
- \sil.va.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sylvaner in French?
sylvaner appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).