furfural
French, noun\fyʁ.fy.ʁal\
furfural is spelled F-U-R-F-U-R-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Furfural is a French masculine noun meaning “furfural” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte d’aldéhyde hétérocyclique issu du traitement chimique de la cellulose”.
What does furfural mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefurfural
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte d’aldéhyde hétérocyclique issu du traitement chimique de la cellulose.
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 furfural
- furfurals plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce furfural?
- \fyʁ.fy.ʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is furfural in French?
furfural appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).