plomb
French, noun/plɔ̃/
plomb is spelled P-L-O-M-B (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,439th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plomb is a French masculine noun meaning “lead (metal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de symbole Pb et de numéro atomique 82; il appartient à la série chimique des métaux pauvres”.
What does plomb mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelead (metal)
intoxication saturnine par le plomb
- 2
informalmasculinefuse
- 3
masculinesinker (fishing weight)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément chimique de symbole Pb et de numéro atomique 82; il appartient à la série chimique des métaux pauvres. 2. Corps simple métallique de cet élément d’un blanc bleuâtre, très mou. 3. Balles, lingots ou petits grains de plomb qu’on emploie à la chasse, pour charger les armes à feu. 4. Composition même.
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 plomb
- plombs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plomb?
- /plɔ̃/
- \plɔ̃\
- [dy plɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plomb
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plomb in French?
plomb appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).