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chyme

French, noun/ʃim/

chyme is a French masculine noun meaning “chyme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Masse alimentaire élaborée par l’estomac”.

What does chyme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinechyme

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Masse alimentaire élaborée par l’estomac.

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 chyme

  • chymes plural

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

How do you pronounce chyme?

  • /ʃim/
  • \ʃim\

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

English words that translate to chyme

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

How common is chyme in French?

chyme appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.

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