vanesse
French, noun\va.nɛs\
vanesse is spelled V-A-N-E-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vanesse is a French feminine noun meaning “vanessa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Papillon de la famille des nymphalidés”.
What does vanesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevanessa
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Papillon de la famille des nymphalidés.
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 vanesse
- vanesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vanesse?
- \va.nɛs\
- [va.nɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vanesse in French?
vanesse appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).