phénanthrène
French, noun\fe.nɑ̃.tʁɛn\
phénanthrène is spelled P-H-É-N-A-N-T-H-R-È-N-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phénanthrène is a French masculine noun meaning “phenanthrene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carbure issu du goudron de houille, utilisé dans la fabrication de colorants”.
What does phénanthrène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephenanthrene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carbure issu du goudron de houille, utilisé dans la fabrication de colorants.
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 phénanthrène
- phénanthrènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phénanthrène?
- \fe.nɑ̃.tʁɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phénanthrène in French?
phénanthrène appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).