kieselguhr
French, noun\ki.zɛl.ɡyʁ\
kieselguhr is spelled K-I-E-S-E-L-G-U-H-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kieselguhr is a French masculine noun meaning “kieselguhr, diatomaceous earth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terre de diatomée”.
What does kieselguhr mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekieselguhr, diatomaceous earth
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terre de diatomée.
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 kieselguhr
- kieselguhrs plural
- kieselgur
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kieselguhr?
- \ki.zɛl.ɡyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kieselguhr in French?
kieselguhr appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).