carbonylé
French, adjective
carbonylé is spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-Y-L-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carbonylé is a French adjective meaning “carbonylated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of carbonyler. Without its accent, carbonyle is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does carbonylé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
carbonylated
verb
- 1
past participle of carbonyler
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupement chimique ne comprenant qu’un atome de carbone et un atome d’oxygène, de formule -CO-, et que l’on retrouve dans les acides carboxyliques, les aldéhydes et les cétones principalement. 2. Autre nom du produit de traitement du bois nommé créosote
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 carbonylé
- carbonylée feminine
- carbonylés masculine plural
- carbonylées feminine plural
- carbonyles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is carbonylé in French?
carbonylé appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).