pentavalent
French, adjective/pɛ̃.ta.va.lɑ̃/
pentavalent is spelled P-E-N-T-A-V-A-L-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written French, the 267,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentavalent is a French adjective meaning “pentavalent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Désigne un élément chimique qui accepte cinq liaisons chimiques”.
What does pentavalent mean in English?
adjective
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pentavalent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Désigne un élément chimique qui accepte cinq liaisons chimiques. 2. Désigne un verbe qui demande cinq actants, exprimés ou sous-entendus. 3. Qui comprend cinq sérotypes de l’agent infectieux, en parlant d’un vaccin. 4. Se dit de chromosomes présents en cinq copies. Désigne l’arrangement des cinq homologues chromosomaux lors de leur appariement méiotique chez un pentaploïde ou pentasomique.
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 pentavalent
- pentavalente feminine
- pentavalents masculine plural
- pentavalentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pentavalent?
- /pɛ̃.ta.va.lɑ̃/
- \pɛ̃.ta.va.lɑ̃\
- [pɛ̃.ta.va.lɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pentavalent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pentavalent in French?
pentavalent appears about once in every 72 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).