phosphure
French, noun
phosphure is a French masculine noun meaning “phosphide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, phosphuré is a different word: “phosphidic”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Combinaison du phosphore avec un autre corps simple”.
What does phosphure mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephosphide
adjective
- 1
phosphidic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Combinaison du phosphore avec un autre corps simple.
adjective: 1. Qui contient du phosphore à l’état de combinaison.
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 phosphure
- phosphures plural
- phosphurée feminine
- phosphurés masculine plural
- phosphurées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to phosphure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phosphure in French?
phosphure appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).