cumène
French, noun/ky.mɛn/
cumène is a French masculine noun meaning “cumene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hydrocarbure aromatique issue de la distillation de l'acide cuminique, c'est un liquide à odeur forte qui…”.
What does cumène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecumene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hydrocarbure aromatique issue de la distillation de l'acide cuminique, c'est un liquide à odeur forte qui répond à la formule C₆H₅CH(CH₃)₂et dont le point d'ébullition est à 153°C.
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 cumène
- cumènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cumène?
- /ky.mɛn/
- \ky.mɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cumène in French?
cumène appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).