kelvin
French, noun/kɛl.vɛ̃/
kelvin is spelled K-E-L-V-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kelvin is a French masculine noun meaning “a kelvin (unit of temperature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de la température du Système international, dont le symbole est K. Contrairement aux autres…”.
What does kelvin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea kelvin (unit of temperature)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de mesure de la température du Système international, dont le symbole est K. Contrairement aux autres unités de température, le symbole du kelvin ne prend pas de « ° ».
noun: 1. Variante de kelvin.
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 kelvin
- kelvins plural
- Kelvins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kelvin?
- /kɛl.vɛ̃/
- \kɛl.vɛ̃\
- \kɛl.vin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kelvin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kelvin in French?
kelvin 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).