éluant
French, noun/e.lɥɑ̃/
éluant is spelled É-L-U-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éluant is a French masculine noun meaning “eluant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of éluer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Solvant utilisé pour la séparation de substances absorbées sur un support dans la chromatographie sur couche…”.
What does éluant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeluant
verb
- 1
present participle of éluer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Solvant utilisé pour la séparation de substances absorbées sur un support dans la chromatographie sur couche mince.
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 éluant
- éluants plural
- éluent rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éluant?
- /e.lɥɑ̃/
- \e.lɥɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is éluant in French?
éluant appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).