perlite
French, noun\pɛʁ.lit\
perlite is spelled P-E-R-L-I-T-E (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). Perlite is a French feminine noun meaning “perlite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Silice, feldspath, d'origine volcanique, formée par hydratation de l'obsidienne”.
What does perlite mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperlite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Silice, feldspath, d'origine volcanique, formée par hydratation de l'obsidienne. 2. Perlite concassée et cuite à 1200°C formant des billes poudreuses et très légères utilisées, entre autre, en tant qu'isolant thermique. 3. Mélange eutectoïde de lamelles de ferrite et de cémentite, elle provient du dédoublement à 700°C de l'austénite au cours du refroidissement de l'acier. 4. Nom donné en Italie à un puissant explosif nommé mélinite en France.
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 perlite
- perlites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perlite?
- \pɛʁ.lit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perlite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perlite in French?
perlite 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).