chiral
French, adjective/ki.ʁal/
chiral is spelled C-H-I-R-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiral is a French adjective meaning “chiral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie un objet, non superposable à son image par symétrie miroir”.
What does chiral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chiral
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un objet, non superposable à son image par symétrie miroir.
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 chiral
- chirale feminine
- chiraux masculine plural
- chirales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiral?
- /ki.ʁal/
- \ki.ʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chiral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chiral in French?
chiral appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).