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chlorophylle

French, noun/klɔ.ʁɔ.fil/

chlorophylle is a French feminine noun meaning “chlorophyll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Molécule de la photosynthèse qui donne leur couleur verte aux plantes”.

What does chlorophylle mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininechlorophyll

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Molécule de la photosynthèse qui donne leur couleur verte aux plantes. 2. Écologie politique.

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 chlorophylle

  • chlorophylles plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chlorophylle?

  • /klɔ.ʁɔ.fil/
  • \klɔ.ʁɔ.fil\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to chlorophylle

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is chlorophylle in French?

chlorophylle appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).