tulipe
French, noun/ty.lip/
tulipe is spelled T-U-L-I-P-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tulipe is a French feminine noun meaning “tulip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante de la famille des Liliacées (Liliaceae), à racine bulbeuse, à tige haute, qui porte une belle fleur et…”.
What does tulipe mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante de la famille des Liliacées (Liliaceae), à racine bulbeuse, à tige haute, qui porte une belle fleur et dont il existe un très grand nombre de variétés. 2. [[fleurs|fr}} Fleur de cette plante. 3. Verre à boire qui a la forme de cette fleur. Verre tulipe 4. Sorte de petit globe que l’on adapte à une lampe, à une ampoule électrique.
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 tulipe
- tulipes plural
- tulipan alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tulipe?
- /ty.lip/
- \ty.lip\
- [ty.lip]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tulipe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tulipe in French?
tulipe 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).