chyle
French, noun/ʃil/
chyle is a French masculine noun meaning “chyle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fluide qui, dans l’intestin grêle, est séparé des aliments pendant l’acte de la digestion, et que les…”.
What does chyle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechyle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fluide qui, dans l’intestin grêle, est séparé des aliments pendant l’acte de la digestion, et que les vaisseaux dits chylifères pompent à la surface de l’intestin, et portent dans le sang pour servir à sa formation. 2. ressassement, rumination.
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 chyle
- chyles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chyle?
- /ʃil/
- \ʃil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chyle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chyle in French?
chyle appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).