détergent
French, noun/de.tɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
détergent is spelled D-É-T-E-R-G-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Détergent is a French masculine noun meaning “detergent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance détergente”.
What does détergent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
detergent
noun
- 1
masculinedetergent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui possède des propriétés nettoyantes vis-à-vis d’une surface solide souillée. 2. Qui déterge.
noun: 1. Substance détergente.
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 détergent
- détergente feminine
- détergents masculine plural
- détergentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce détergent?
- /de.tɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
- \de.tɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to détergent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is détergent in French?
détergent appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).