taro
French, noun/ta.ʁo/
taro is spelled T-A-R-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taro is a French masculine noun meaning “taro (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a slang form of tarif (“price”). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante tropicale de la famille des Aracées, de nom scientifique Colocasia esculenta, cultivée notamment pour…”.
What does taro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetaro (plant)
verb
- 1
slangto have sex with
noun
- 1
masculineslangslang form of tarif (“price”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante tropicale de la famille des Aracées, de nom scientifique Colocasia esculenta, cultivée notamment pour son corme comestible. 2. Corme comestible de cette plante, couramment appelé tubercule. 3. Dans des noms composés, élément entrant dans la désignation de diverses plantes apparentées au taro, lui ressemblant ou présentant des usages comparables. 4. Chou caraïbe.
noun: 1. Tarif, prix.
noun: 1. Ancienne monnaie maltaise valant vingt grani, soit un douzième de scudo.
verb: 1. Pénétrer sexuellement.
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 taro
- taros plural
- tari plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taro?
- /ta.ʁo/
- \ta.ʁo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taro in French?
taro appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).