décarboxylation
French, noun/de.kaʁ.bɔk.si.la.sjɔ̃/
décarboxylation is spelled D-É-C-A-R-B-O-X-Y-L-A-T-I-O-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décarboxylation is a French feminine noun meaning “decarboxylation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Décomposition qui aboutit à la perte d'un groupe carboxyle (CO2)”.
What does décarboxylation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecarboxylation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Décomposition qui aboutit à la perte d'un groupe carboxyle (CO2).
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 décarboxylation
- décarboxylations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décarboxylation?
- /de.kaʁ.bɔk.si.la.sjɔ̃/
- \de.kaʁ.bɔk.si.la.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is décarboxylation in French?
décarboxylation appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).