chromogène
French, adjective/kʁɔ.mɔ.ʒɛn/
chromogène is spelled C-H-R-O-M-O-G-È-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chromogène is a French adjective meaning “chromogenous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit de certains réactifs de développement photographique qui renforcent, saturent les couleurs”.
What does chromogène mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chromogenous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit de certains réactifs de développement photographique qui renforcent, saturent les couleurs. 2. Se dit de certaines choses incolores qui dans des conditions particulières deviennent colorées.
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 chromogène
- chromogènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chromogène?
- /kʁɔ.mɔ.ʒɛn/
- \kʁo.mo.ʒɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chromogène in French?
chromogène appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).