gluon
French, noun/ɡly.ɔ̃/
gluon is spelled G-L-U-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gluon is a French masculine noun meaning “gluon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boson responsable de l’interaction forte”.
What does gluon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegluon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Boson responsable de l’interaction forte.
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 gluon
- gluons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gluon?
- /ɡly.ɔ̃/
- \ɡly.ɔ̃\
- [ɡly.ɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gluon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gluon in French?
gluon appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).