carburant
French, noun/kaʁ.by.ʁɑ̃/
carburant is spelled C-A-R-B-U-R-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carburant is a French masculine noun meaning “fuel (to power machines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of carburer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corps nécessaire à la combustion”.
What does carburant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefuel (to power machines)
verb
- 1
present participle of carburer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui carbure, qui a les caractéristiques d’un carburant.
noun: 1. Corps nécessaire à la combustion. 2. Combustible qui alimente un moteur thermique. 3. Matière qui alimente, fait marcher.
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 carburant
- carburants plural
- carburante singular feminine
- carburantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carburant?
- /kaʁ.by.ʁɑ̃/
- \kaʁ.by.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carburant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carburant in French?
carburant appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).