adsorbant
French, noun/at.sɔʁ.bɑ̃/
adsorbant is spelled A-D-S-O-R-B-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adsorbant is a French masculine noun meaning “adsorbent (the solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of adsorber. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corps capable de réaliser l’adsorption”.
What does adsorbant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadsorbent (the solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates)
verb
- 1
present participle of adsorber
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est capable de réaliser l’adsorption.
noun: 1. Corps capable de réaliser l’adsorption.
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 adsorbant
- adsorbants plural
- adsorbante singular feminine
- adsorbantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adsorbant?
- /at.sɔʁ.bɑ̃/
- \ad.sɔʁ.bɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adsorbant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adsorbant in French?
adsorbant appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).