lyophilisation
French, noun/ljɔ.fi.li.za.sjɔ̃/
lyophilisation is spelled L-Y-O-P-H-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lyophilisation is a French feminine noun meaning “Lyophilisation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dessiccation d'un produit préalablement surgelé, par sublimation (le solvant sublimé est généralement de…”.
What does lyophilisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineLyophilisation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dessiccation d'un produit préalablement surgelé, par sublimation (le solvant sublimé est généralement de l'eau, mais ce peut être également un alcool).
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 lyophilisation
- lyophilisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lyophilisation?
- /ljɔ.fi.li.za.sjɔ̃/
- \ljɔ.fi.li.za.sjɔ̃\
- [ljɔ.fi.li.za.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lyophilisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lyophilisation in French?
lyophilisation appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).