valériane
French, noun/va.le.ʁjan/
valériane is spelled V-A-L-É-R-I-A-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valériane is a French feminine noun meaning “valerian (a plant, Valeriana officinalis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné à plusieurs plantes de la famille des caprifoliacées (anciennement dans la famille des…”.
What does valériane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevalerian (a plant, Valeriana officinalis)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom donné à plusieurs plantes de la famille des caprifoliacées (anciennement dans la famille des valérianacées) comme la valériane rouge (Centranthus ruber) ; à toutes les plantes du genre botanique Valeriana où l'on retrouve la valériane officinale. De même qu'à la valériane grecque (Polemonium caeruleum) de la famille des Polémoniacées.
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 valériane
- valérianes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valériane?
- /va.le.ʁjan/
- \va.le.ʁjan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to valériane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is valériane in French?
valériane appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).