arsenic
French, noun
arsenic is spelled A-R-S-E-N-I-C (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arsenic is a French masculine noun meaning “arsenic (chemical element)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, arsénic is a different word: “alternative form of arsenic (chemical element)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de symbole As et de numéro atomique 33, généralement classé parmi les métalloïdes”.
What does arsenic mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearsenic (chemical element)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of arsenic (chemical element)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément chimique de symbole As et de numéro atomique 33, généralement classé parmi les métalloïdes. 2. Corps simple existant sous plusieurs allotropes, dont la forme stable à température ambiante est un solide cristallin gris, cassant, d’aspect métallique. 3. Atome d’arsenic. 4. Trioxyde d’arsenic, dit arsenic blanc, ou poison arsenical.
noun: 1. Variante de arsenic.
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 arsenic
- arsenics plural
- arsénics plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to arsenic
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arsenic in French?
arsenic appears 1.5 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).