lanthane
French, noun/lɑ̃.tan/
lanthane is spelled L-A-N-T-H-A-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lanthane is a French masculine noun meaning “lanthanum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 57 et de symbole La, terre rare prototype des lanthanides”.
What does lanthane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelanthanum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément chimique de numéro atomique 57 et de symbole La, terre rare prototype des lanthanides. 2. Métal pur de cet élément, de couleur gris-argent, malléable, ductile, très mou et qui s’oxyde à l’air et dans l’eau.
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 lanthane?
- /lɑ̃.tan/
- \lɑ̃.tan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lanthane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lanthane in French?
lanthane appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).