violette
French, noun/vjɔ.lɛt/
violette is spelled V-I-O-L-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Violette is a French feminine noun meaning “violet (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of violet. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante herbacée vivace de la famille des violacées appartenant au genre Viola”.
What does violette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineviolet (plant)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of violet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante herbacée vivace de la famille des violacées appartenant au genre Viola. 2. Fleur de cette plante. 3. Marques, taches violacées. 4. Personne timide et modeste.
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 violette
- violettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce violette?
- /vjɔ.lɛt/
- \vjɔ.lɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to violette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is violette in French?
violette appears 4.5 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).