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biocide

French, noun/bjɔ.sid/

biocide is spelled B-I-O-C-I-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biocide is a French masculine noun meaning “biocide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Produit aux effets biocides”.

What does biocide mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    biocidal

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebiocide

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui détruit le vivant.

noun: 1. Produit aux effets biocides.

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 biocide

  • biocides plural

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

How do you pronounce biocide?

  • /bjɔ.sid/
  • \bjɔ.sid\

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

English words that translate to biocide

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

How common is biocide in French?

biocide appears about once in every 21 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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