calorifuge
French, adjective/ka.lɔ.ʁi.fyʒ/
calorifuge is spelled C-A-L-O-R-I-F-U-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calorifuge is a French adjective meaning “insulating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Isolant thermique”.
What does calorifuge mean in English?
adjective
- 1
insulating
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Isolant thermique.
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 calorifuge
- calorifuges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calorifuge?
- /ka.lɔ.ʁi.fyʒ/
- \ka.lɔ.ʁi.fyʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calorifuge in French?
calorifuge appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).