émulsion
French, noun/e.myl.sjɔ̃/
émulsion is spelled É-M-U-L-S-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Émulsion is a French feminine noun meaning “emulsion (suspension of one liquid in another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Préparation liquide d’apparence laiteuse tenant en suspension une substance huileuse ou résineuse”.
What does émulsion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemulsion (suspension of one liquid in another)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Préparation liquide d’apparence laiteuse tenant en suspension une substance huileuse ou résineuse. 2. Milieu hétérogène constitué par la dispersion, à l'état de particules très fines, d'un liquide dans un autre liquide en phase continue, la phase dispersante. 3. Mélange sensible à la lumière, composé de sels d’argent à l’état de cristaux microscopiques en suspension dans la gélatine, le collodion, qu’on applique en couche très mince sur la plaque ou le film. 4. Film ou pellicule photographique.
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 émulsion
- émulsions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce émulsion?
- /e.myl.sjɔ̃/
- \e.myl.sjɔ̃\
- [e.myl.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 émulsion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is émulsion in French?
émulsion 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).