phosphoreux
French, adjective/fɔs.fɔ.ʁø/
phosphoreux is spelled P-H-O-S-P-H-O-R-E-U-X (11 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phosphoreux is a French adjective meaning “phosphorous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit de certaines combinaisons du phosphore avec l’oxygène”.
What does phosphoreux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
phosphorous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit de certaines combinaisons du phosphore avec l’oxygène.
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 phosphoreux
- phosphoreuse feminine
- phosphoreuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phosphoreux?
- /fɔs.fɔ.ʁø/
- \fɔs.fɔ.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to phosphoreux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phosphoreux in French?
phosphoreux appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).