nitrométhane
French, noun\ni.tʁɔ.me.tan\
nitrométhane is spelled N-I-T-R-O-M-É-T-H-A-N-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nitrométhane is a French masculine noun meaning “nitromethane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composé organique dont la formule brute est CH₃NO₂ ; il s'agit du premier composé organique nitré”.
What does nitrométhane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenitromethane
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composé organique dont la formule brute est CH₃NO₂ ; il s'agit du premier composé organique nitré.
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.
How do you pronounce nitrométhane?
- \ni.tʁɔ.me.tan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nitrométhane in French?
nitrométhane 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).