phényl
French, noun/fe.nil/
phényl is spelled P-H-É-N-Y-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phényl is a French masculine noun meaning “phenyl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Molécule de formule C₆H₅”.
What does phényl mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephenyl
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Molécule de formule C₆H₅.
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 phényl
- phényls plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phényl?
- /fe.nil/
- \fe.nil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phényl in French?
phényl appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).