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hydroquinone

French, noun/i.dʁɔ.ki.nɔn/

hydroquinone is a French feminine noun meaning “hydroquinone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agent chimique, composé de paradioxybenzène, utilisé jadis en photographie comme révélateur des clichés en…”.

What does hydroquinone mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehydroquinone

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Agent chimique, composé de paradioxybenzène, utilisé jadis en photographie comme révélateur des clichés en noir et blanc. 2. Agent chimique blanchissant, notamment utilisé sur la peau et les jeans.

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.

How do you pronounce hydroquinone?

  • /i.dʁɔ.ki.nɔn/
  • \i.dʁɔ.ki.nɔn\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to hydroquinone

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hydroquinone in French?

hydroquinone appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).