xylème
French, noun/ɡzi.lɛm/
xylème is spelled X-Y-L-È-M-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xylème is a French masculine noun meaning “xylem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tissu conducteur des plantes vasculaires, formé d’éléments de vaisseaux, de trachéides, de parenchymes et de…”.
What does xylème mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinexylem
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tissu conducteur des plantes vasculaires, formé d’éléments de vaisseaux, de trachéides, de parenchymes et de fibres, assurant la conduction de la sève brute depuis les racines vers les organes aériens. Le xylème secondaire constitue le bois des plantes ligneuses.
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 xylème
- xylèmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xylème?
- /ɡzi.lɛm/
- /ksi.lɛm/
- \ɡzi.lɛm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xylème
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xylème in French?
xylème appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).