cylindre
French, noun
cylindre is spelled C-Y-L-I-N-D-R-E (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cylindre is a French masculine noun meaning “cylinder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cylindrer. With an accent, cylindré is a different word: “past participle of cylindrer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Surface réglée dont les génératrices sont des droites parallèles”.
What does cylindre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecylinder
- 2
masculinecylinder
- 3
masculinecylinder
Near-synonym: barillet
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of cylindrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Surface réglée dont les génératrices sont des droites parallèles. 2. En particulier, un cylindre de révolution est engendré par une droite (la génératrice) mobile tournant autour d’un axe auquel elle est parallèle. 3. Objet ayant exactement ou approximativement cette forme. 4. Gros rouleau de pierre, de bois ou de métal dont on se sert pour soumettre certaines choses à une pression uniforme.
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 cylindre
- cylindres plural
- cylindrée feminine
- cylindrés masculine plural
- cylindrées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cylindre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cylindre in French?
cylindre appears 3.5 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).