chimique
French, adjective/ʃi.mik/
chimique is spelled C-H-I-M-I-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,025th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chimique is a French adjective meaning “chemistry, chemical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à ou issu de la chimie”.
What does chimique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chemistry, chemical
élément chimique
- 2
chemical (obtained by means of chemistry; that relies on chemistry)
castration chimique
- 3
derogatoryinformalchemical, artificial, processed
ultra chimique
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à ou issu de la chimie. 2. Artificiel.
noun: 1. Abréviation courante de condensateur électrochimique. 2. Abréviation d’allumette chimique, c'est-à-dire enduite d’un produit chimique inflammable. 3. Cannabinoïde de synthèse.
adjective: 1. Adjoint de substances artificielles, pollué.
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 chimique
- chimiques plural
- chimiqués plural masculine
- chimiquée singular feminine
- chimiquées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chimique?
- /ʃi.mik/
- \ʃi.mik\
- \ʃi.mi.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chimique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chimique in French?
chimique appears 14 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).