mercaptan
French, noun\mɛʁ.kap.tɑ̃\
mercaptan is a French masculine noun meaning “mercaptan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Thiol”.
What does mercaptan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemercaptan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Thiol.
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 mercaptan
- mercaptans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercaptan?
- \mɛʁ.kap.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mercaptan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mercaptan in French?
mercaptan 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).