émollient
French, noun\e.mɔ.ljɑ̃\
émollient is spelled É-M-O-L-L-I-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Émollient is a French masculine noun meaning “emollient (something which softens or lubricates the skin.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of émollier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quelque chose d’émollient”.
What does émollient mean in English?
adjective
- 1
emollient
noun
- 1
masculineemollient (something which softens or lubricates the skin.)
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of émollier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a pour effet d’amollir, d’adoucir les parties enflammées.
noun: 1. Quelque chose d’émollient.
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 émollient
- émolliente feminine
- émollients masculine plural
- émollientes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce émollient?
- \e.mɔ.ljɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to émollient
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is émollient in French?
émollient appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).