ébullition
French, noun/e.by.li.sjɔ̃/
ébullition is spelled É-B-U-L-L-I-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ébullition is a French feminine noun meaning “boiling, ebullition (the act of boiling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement d’un liquide qui bout sur le feu”.
What does ébullition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineboiling, ebullition (the act of boiling)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement d’un liquide qui bout sur le feu. 2. Mouvements d’une personne ou d'une foule qui s’échauffe. 3. En chaleur ; en état d’excitation. 4. Troubles physiques provoqués par une forte émotion ou la colère.
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 ébullition
- ébullitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ébullition?
- /e.by.li.sjɔ̃/
- \e.by.li.sjɔ̃\
- [e.by.li.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ébullition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ébullition in French?
ébullition appears 2.8 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).