chimie
French, noun/ʃi.mi/
chimie is spelled C-H-I-M-I-E (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chimie is a French feminine noun meaning “chemistry (the science)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Science qui étudie la composition et les réactions de la matière. La chimie est l’étude des transformations…”.
What does chimie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechemistry (the science)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Science qui étudie la composition et les réactions de la matière. La chimie est l’étude des transformations de la matière par opposition à la physique qui est l’étude des états de la matière. 2. Étude d’une molécule ou d’un groupe de molécules. 3. Mélange plus ou moins bien défini de substances diverses.
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 chimie
- chimies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chimie?
- /ʃi.mi/
- \ʃi.mi\
- [ʃi.mi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chimie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chimie in French?
chimie appears 18 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).