graphite
French, noun/ɡʁa.fit/
graphite is spelled G-R-A-P-H-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Graphite is a French masculine noun meaning “graphite (form of carbon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carbone cristallisé constitué d’un empilement de graphène, naturel ou synthétique qui est utilisé comme…”.
What does graphite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegraphite (form of carbon)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carbone cristallisé constitué d’un empilement de graphène, naturel ou synthétique qui est utilisé comme lubrifiant, comme enduit réfractaire ou comme modérateur de neutrons dans un réacteur nucléaire, ainsi que pour fabriquer des mines de crayon.
adjective: 1. Qui contient ou qui est enduit de graphite.
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 graphite
- graphites plural
- graphités plural masculine
- graphitée singular feminine
- graphitées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce graphite?
- /ɡʁa.fit/
- \ɡʁa.fit\
- \ɡʁa.fi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to graphite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is graphite in French?
graphite 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).