naphte
French, noun/naft/
naphte is spelled N-A-P-H-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naphte is a French masculine noun meaning “naphtha” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carbure d’hydrogène, sorte de bitume transparent, léger et très inflammable”.
What does naphte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenaphtha
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carbure d’hydrogène, sorte de bitume transparent, léger et très inflammable.
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 naphte
- naphtes plural
- naphthe archaic
- naphta
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naphte?
- /naft/
- \naft\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to naphte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is naphte in French?
naphte appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).