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combustible

French, noun/kɔ̃.bys.tibl/

combustible is spelled C-O-M-B-U-S-T-I-B-L-E (11 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Combustible is a French masculine noun meaning “combustible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corps réducteur, nécessaire à la combustion”.

What does combustible mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    combustible

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecombustible

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a la propriété de brûler.

noun: 1. Corps réducteur, nécessaire à la combustion. 2. Carburant. 3. Combustible nucléaire.

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 combustible

  • combustibles plural

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

How do you pronounce combustible?

  • /kɔ̃.bys.tibl/
  • \kɔ̃.bys.tibl\

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

English words that translate to combustible

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

How common is combustible in French?

combustible appears 5.1 times per million words in written French.

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

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