molécule
French, noun/mɔ.le.kyl/
molécule is spelled M-O-L-É-C-U-L-E (8 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molécule is a French feminine noun meaning “molecule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblage d’atomes électriquement neutre dont la composition est donnée par sa formule chimique”.
What does molécule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemolecule
- 2
femininemolecule (tiny amount)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Assemblage d’atomes électriquement neutre dont la composition est donnée par sa formule chimique. 2. Matière active. 3. Fraction la plus infime d’un corps. 4. Plus petite partie d’un corps qui garde les propriétés de ce corps.
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 molécule
- molécules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce molécule?
- /mɔ.le.kyl/
- \mɔ.le.kyl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to molécule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is molécule in French?
molécule appears 4.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).