kérogène
French, adjective\ke.ʁɔ.ʒɛn\
kérogène is spelled K-É-R-O-G-È-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kérogène is a French adjective meaning “kerogenous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does kérogène mean in English?
adjective
- 1
kerogenous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matière organique contenue dans les schistes bitumineux, susceptible de donner des hydrocarbures par distillation.
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 kérogène
- kérogènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kérogène?
- \ke.ʁɔ.ʒɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kérogène in French?
kérogène appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).