carborundum
French, noun/kaʁ.bɔ.ʁœ̃.dɔm/
carborundum is spelled C-A-R-B-O-R-U-N-D-U-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carborundum is a French masculine noun meaning “carborundum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom commercial du carbure de silicium de synthèse lorsqu’il est utilisé en industrie, particulièrement comme…”.
What does carborundum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarborundum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom commercial du carbure de silicium de synthèse lorsqu’il est utilisé en industrie, particulièrement comme abrasif.
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 carborundum
- carborundums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carborundum?
- /kaʁ.bɔ.ʁœ̃.dɔm/
- \kaʁ.bɔ.ʁɔ̃.dɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carborundum in French?
carborundum appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).