calcin
French, noun/kal.sɛ̃/
calcin is spelled C-A-L-C-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calcin is a French masculine noun meaning “cullet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Verre récupéré et recyclé, le plus souvent dans l’industrie verrière”.
What does calcin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecullet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verre récupéré et recyclé, le plus souvent dans l’industrie verrière.
noun: 1. Couche superficielle de 1 à 2 mm d’épaisseur, plus dure, qui se forme à la surface des pierres calcaires. Il est composé entre autres de carbonate de calcium, il est dû à l’action acide du gaz carbonique dissout dans la pluie. 2. Couche de calcaire qui se forme dans les tubulures des chaudières.
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 calcin
- calcins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calcin?
- /kal.sɛ̃/
- \kal.sɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calcin in French?
calcin appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).