hygroscopique
French, adjective/i.ɡʁɔs.kɔ.pik/
hygroscopique is spelled H-Y-G-R-O-S-C-O-P-I-Q-U-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hygroscopique is a French adjective meaning “hygroscopic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a la capacité d'absorber l'humidité de l'air”.
What does hygroscopique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hygroscopic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la capacité d'absorber l'humidité de l'air. 2. Relatif au taux d'humidité.
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 hygroscopique
- hygroscopiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hygroscopique?
- /i.ɡʁɔs.kɔ.pik/
- \i.ɡʁɔs.kɔ.pik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hygroscopique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hygroscopique in French?
hygroscopique appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).