malolactique
French, adjective\ma.lo.lak.tik\
malolactique is spelled M-A-L-O-L-A-C-T-I-Q-U-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malolactique is a French adjective meaning “malolactic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la fois à l’acide malique et à l’acide lactique. Dans le contexte de la vinification, le mot…”.
What does malolactique mean in English?
adjective
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malolactic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la fois à l’acide malique et à l’acide lactique. Dans le contexte de la vinification, le mot s’utilise dans l’expression « fermentation malolactique » : transformation de l’acide malique en acide lactique.
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 malolactique
- malolactiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malolactique?
- \ma.lo.lak.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malolactique in French?
malolactique appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).