chimiluminescence
French, noun/ʃi.mi.ly.mi.nɛ.sɑ̃s/
chimiluminescence is a French feminine noun meaning “chemiluminescence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Émission de lumière résultant d’une réaction chimique comme par exemple celle du luminol avec les ions fer…”.
What does chimiluminescence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechemiluminescence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Émission de lumière résultant d’une réaction chimique comme par exemple celle du luminol avec les ions fer des globules rouges.
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 chimiluminescence
- chimiluminescences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chimiluminescence?
- /ʃi.mi.ly.mi.nɛ.sɑ̃s/
- /ʃi.mi.ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃s/
- \ʃi.mi.ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chimiluminescence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chimiluminescence in French?
chimiluminescence appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).