limonène
French, noun\li.mɔ.nɛn\
limonène is spelled L-I-M-O-N-È-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Limonène is a French masculine noun meaning “limonene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hydrocarbure de la famille des terpènes monocycliques di-insaturés , de formule C₁₀H₁₆, rencontré dans les…”.
What does limonène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelimonene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hydrocarbure de la famille des terpènes monocycliques di-insaturés , de formule C₁₀H₁₆, rencontré dans les essences de citron, d’orange, de bergamote, carvi, etc. ; c'est un irritant cutané.
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 limonène
- limonènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce limonène?
- \li.mɔ.nɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is limonène in French?
limonène appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).