dynamite
French, verb
dynamite is spelled D-Y-N-A-M-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dynamite is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, dynamité is a different word: “past participle of dynamiter”.
What does dynamite mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of dynamiter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substance explosive, à base de nitroglycérine, liquide lui-même extrêmement explosif, et qui n’est devenu maniable qu’absorbé par un corps inerte.
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 dynamite
- dynamitée feminine
- dynamités masculine plural
- dynamitées feminine plural
- dynamites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dynamite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dynamite in French?
dynamite appears 2.1 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).