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phénique

French, adjective\fe.ni.ke\

phénique is spelled P-H-É-N-I-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phénique is a French adjective meaning “phenic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui contient ou qui dérive du phénol”.

What does phénique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    phenic

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui contient du phénol.

adjective: 1. Qui contient ou qui dérive du phénol.

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 phénique

  • phéniques plural
  • phéniqués plural masculine
  • phéniquée singular feminine
  • phéniquées plural feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce phénique?

  • \fe.ni.ke\
  • \fe.nik\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is phénique in French?

phénique appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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