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mercapture

French, noun\mɛʁ.kap.tyʁ\

mercapture is a French masculine noun meaning “mercaptide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Combinaison du mercaptan avec un métal”.

What does mercapture mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemercaptide

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Combinaison du mercaptan avec un métal.

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 mercapture

  • mercaptures plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mercapture?

  • \mɛʁ.kap.tyʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.