fluor
French, noun/fly.ɔʁ/
fluor is spelled F-L-U-O-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fluor is a French masculine noun meaning “fluorine (chemical element)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 9 et de symbole F qui fait partie des halogènes. C’est le plus…”.
What does fluor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefluorine (chemical element)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément chimique de numéro atomique 9 et de symbole F qui fait partie des halogènes. C’est le plus électronégatif de tous les éléments. 2. Gaz halogène jaune pâle, toxique et irritant, formé de difluor F₂. C’est un des corps les plus réactifs en chimie : il réagit avec presque tous les corps. 3. Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) de fluor.
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 fluor
- fluors plural
- fluore obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fluor?
- /fly.ɔʁ/
- \fly.ɔʁ\
- [l̪ə fl̪y.ɔʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fluor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fluor in French?
fluor appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).