collodion
French, noun/kɔ.lɔ.djɔ̃/
collodion is spelled C-O-L-L-O-D-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Collodion is a French masculine noun meaning “collodion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Produit de la dissolution de la nitrocellulose dans un mélange d’alcool et d’éther”.
What does collodion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecollodion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Produit de la dissolution de la nitrocellulose dans un mélange d’alcool et d’éther.
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 collodion
- collodions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce collodion?
- /kɔ.lɔ.djɔ̃/
- \kɔ.lɔ.djɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to collodion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is collodion in French?
collodion appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).