molasse
French, noun\mɔ.las\
molasse is spelled M-O-L-A-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molasse is a French feminine noun meaning “molasse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grès calcaire ou argileux, blanc, rouge ou verdâtre, durcissant à l’air, que l’on utilise comme pierre à…”.
What does molasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemolasse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grès calcaire ou argileux, blanc, rouge ou verdâtre, durcissant à l’air, que l’on utilise comme pierre à bâtir. 2. Veine terreuse qui constitue un défaut dans la pierre à bâtir.
noun: 1. Personne sans énergie, mollasson.
adjective: 1. Autre orthographe de mollasse.
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 molasse
- molasses plural
- mollasse
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce molasse?
- \mɔ.las\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to molasse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is molasse in French?
molasse appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).