flogisto
Spanish, noun/floˈxisto/
flogisto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “phlogiston” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Principio imaginado por Stahl en el siglo XVIII para explicar los fenómenos caloríficos, y que suponía formar…”.
What does flogisto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephlogiston
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Principio imaginado por Stahl en el siglo XVIII para explicar los fenómenos caloríficos, y que suponía formar parte de la composición de todos los cuerpos, desprendiéndose de ellos durante la combustión.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of flogisto
- flogistos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flogisto?
- /floˈxisto/
- [floˈxis.t̪o]
- [floˈxist̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flogisto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flogisto in Spanish?
flogisto appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).