millepertuis

French

Alternative forms

mille-pertuis

Etymology

mille (“thousand”) + pertuis (“hole”), a reference to the leaves' appearance.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mil.pɛʁ.tɥi/

Noun

millepertuis m (usually uncountable, plural millepertuis)

St John's wort

Further reading

“millepertuis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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