hélion
French, noun/e.ljɔ̃/
hélion is spelled H-É-L-I-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hélion is a French masculine noun meaning “helion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Noyau d’hélium”.
What does hélion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehelion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Noyau d’hélium. 2. Noyau d’hélium-3.
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 hélion
- hélions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hélion?
- /e.ljɔ̃/
- \e.ljɔ̃\
- [e.ljɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hélion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hélion in French?
hélion appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).