mélinite
French, noun\me.li.nit\
mélinite is spelled M-É-L-I-N-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mélinite is a French feminine noun meaning “melinite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Explosif puissant, – de l’acide picrique fondu et moulé –, employé dans le chargement des obus et dû au…”.
What does mélinite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemelinite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Explosif puissant, – de l’acide picrique fondu et moulé –, employé dans le chargement des obus et dû au chimiste Eugène Turpin.
adjective: 1. Constitué de mélinite.
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 mélinite
- mélinites plural
- mélinités plural masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mélinite?
- \me.li.nit\
- \me.li.ni.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mélinite in French?
mélinite appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).