méthanier
French, noun/me.ta.nje/
méthanier is spelled M-É-T-H-A-N-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méthanier is a French masculine noun meaning “LNG carrier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cargo transportant du gaz naturel liquéfié dans ses citernes”.
What does méthanier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
LNG, liquefied natural gas
noun
- 1
masculineLNG carrier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne le transport du méthane ou d’autres gaz.
noun: 1. Cargo transportant du gaz naturel liquéfié dans ses citernes.
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 méthanier
- méthanière feminine
- méthaniers masculine plural
- méthanières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méthanier?
- /me.ta.nje/
- \me.ta.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is méthanier in French?
méthanier appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).