chlorofluorocarbon
noun
chlorofluorocarbon is a noun meaning “Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-L-O-R-O-F-L-U-O-R-O-C-A-R-B-O-N and has 6 syllables, and it appears about once in every 56 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chlorofluorocarbon is chlorofluorocarbons.
What does chlorofluorocarbon mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as refrigerants and aerosol can propellants but withdrawn due to causing damage to the ozone layer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chlorofluorocarbon?
Chlorofluorocarbon has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of chlorofluorocarbon
- chlorofluorocarbons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chlorofluorocarbon?
Chlorofluorocarbon appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate chlorofluorocarbon?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of chlorofluorocarbon: CFC.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chlorofluorocarbon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an organic compound with halogens in place of hydrogen:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chlorofluorocarbure |
| German | Fluorchlorkohlenwasserstoffe |
| Portuguese | clorofluorocarboneto |
| Spanish | clorofluorocarbono |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.