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acier

French, noun/a.sje/

acier is spelled A-C-I-E-R (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,992nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acier is a French masculine noun meaning “steel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alliage de fer et de carbone, dont la proportion de celui-ci ne dépasse pas 2 %, susceptible d’acquérir, par…”.

What does acier mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesteel

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Alliage de fer et de carbone, dont la proportion de celui-ci ne dépasse pas 2 %, susceptible d’acquérir, par certains procédés, un grand degré de dureté. 2. Industrie et commerce de cet alliage. 3. Quelque chose de très dur, résistant.

adjective: 1. De couleur acier, gris neutre moyen sombre souvent mat. #AFAFAF 2. Voir d’acier.

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 acier

  • aciers plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce acier?

  • /a.sje/
  • \a.sje\
  • [a.sie]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to acier

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is acier in French?

acier appears 19 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).

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