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bilame

French, noun/bi.lam/

bilame is a French masculine noun meaning “bimetal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblage de deux lames de métal ayant des taux de dilatations différents et se déformant avec la…”.

What does bilame mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bimetal

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebimetal

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Assemblage de deux lames de métal ayant des taux de dilatations différents et se déformant avec la température.

adjective: 1. Qui a deux lames de métal.

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 bilame

  • bilames plural

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

How do you pronounce bilame?

  • /bi.lam/
  • \bi.lam\

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

How common is bilame in French?

bilame appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).