mastic
French, noun/mas.tik/
mastic is spelled M-A-S-T-I-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mastic is a French masculine noun meaning “mastic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gomme qui découle du lentisque”.
What does mastic mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemastic
- 2
archaicmasculineputty
- 3
masculinetypo
- 4
masculinebucket of syrup, jam, pickle
adjective
- 1
A greyish-beige colour such as that of putty.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gomme qui découle du lentisque. 2. Ciment formé de cire, de résine et de poudre de briques dont on se sert pour différents usages. 3. Pâte formée de blanc d’Espagne et d’huile de lin dont les vitriers se servent pour fixer les vitres aux fenêtres et empêcher le passage de l’air. 4. Composition de poudre de pierre et d’un liant organique.
noun: 1. Le pain et la viande, ce qui se mastique, la bouffe.
adjective: 1. De la couleur gris beige du mastic pour le vitrier. #B3B191
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 mastic
- mastics plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mastic?
- /mas.tik/
- \mas.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mastic
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mastic in French?
mastic appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).