nickelé
French, adjective
nickelé is spelled N-I-C-K-E-L-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nickelé is a French adjective meaning “electroplated with nickel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of nickeler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a reçu un traitement de surface par électrolyse au nickel”.
What does nickelé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
electroplated with nickel
verb
- 1
past participle of nickeler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a reçu un traitement de surface par électrolyse au nickel.
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 nickelé
- nickelée feminine
- nickelés masculine plural
- nickelées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nickelé?
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nickelé in French?
nickelé appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).