méthanal
French, noun/me.ta.nal/
méthanal is spelled M-É-T-H-A-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méthanal is a French masculine noun meaning “methanal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composé organique de la famille des aldéhydes et dont la molécule se compose de 2 atomes d'hydrogène, 1 de…”.
What does méthanal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemethanal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composé organique de la famille des aldéhydes et dont la molécule se compose de 2 atomes d'hydrogène, 1 de carbone et 1 d'oxygène, il est utilisé comme désinfectant, conservateur et surtout pour la production de polymères et autres produits chimiques.
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.
How do you pronounce méthanal?
- /me.ta.nal/
- \me.ta.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is méthanal in French?
méthanal appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).