bentonite
French, noun/bɛ̃.tɔ.nit/
bentonite is a French feminine noun meaning “bentonite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Argile colloïdale de type smectique. Actuellement ce mot n'est plus en usage en minéralogie, mais encore…”.
What does bentonite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebentonite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Argile colloïdale de type smectique. Actuellement ce mot n'est plus en usage en minéralogie, mais encore utilisé au niveau commercial pour désigner divers mélanges d'argiles utilisés en particulier comme lubrifiant dans les forages
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 bentonite
- bentonites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bentonite?
- /bɛ̃.tɔ.nit/
- \bɛ̃.tɔ.nit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bentonite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bentonite in French?
bentonite appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).