épineux
French, noun/e.pi.nø/
épineux is a French masculine noun meaning “thornbush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbres ou arbustes à épines”.
What does épineux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spikey; spiny
- 2
spikey; abrasive, nettlesome
un problème épineux
- 3
deliberately difficult or awkward
- 4
spinous, spinal
noun
- 1
masculinethornbush
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a des épines, des piquants. 2. Qui est plein de difficultés, d’embarras, de contrariétés, etc. 3. Qui fait des difficultés sur tout, en parlant des personnes.
noun: 1. Arbres ou arbustes à épines.
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 épineux
- épineuse feminine
- épineuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épineux?
- /e.pi.nø/
- \e.pi.nø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épineux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épineux in French?
épineux appears 1.7 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).