tournesol
French, noun/tuʁ.nə.sɔl/
tournesol is spelled T-O-U-R-N-E-S-O-L (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tournesol is a French masculine noun meaning “sunflower (Helianthus annuus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce d’hélianthe à très grandes fleurs, dont les graines oléagineuses sont utilisées dans l’alimentation et…”.
What does tournesol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesunflower (Helianthus annuus)
- 2
masculineheliotrope (plant with flowers which turn to follow the sun)
- 3
masculinelitmus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce d’hélianthe à très grandes fleurs, dont les graines oléagineuses sont utilisées dans l’alimentation et les fleurs comme ornement, de nom scientifique Helianthus annuus. 2. Héliotrope commun, héliotrope d’Europe. 3. Teinture de tournesol, pigment bleu obtenu à partir de divers lichens.
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 tournesol
- tournesols plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tournesol?
- /tuʁ.nə.sɔl/
- \tuʁ.nə.sɔl\
- [tuʁ.nə.sɔl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tournesol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tournesol in French?
tournesol appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).