point d’ébullition
\pwɛ̃ d‿e.by.li.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“point d’ébullition” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Température à laquelle un corps passe de l’état liquide à l’état gazeux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-point-d-ebullition · point d’ébullition · French
point d’ébullition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | point d’ébullition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwɛ̃ d‿e.by.li.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « point d’ébullition » en français
Rare enough to double-check
point d’ébullition is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwɛ̃ d‿e.by.li.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Température à laquelle un corps passe de l’état liquide à l’état gazeux.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for point d’ébullition, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is point d’ébullition, spelled P-O-I-N-T- -D-’-É-B-U-L-L-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Température à laquelle un corps passe de l’état liquide à l’état gazeux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how point d’ébullition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chloropicrine (trichloronitrométhane, D = 5,2) est un gaz très pénétrant que l’on utilise en injection dans le sol à raison de 400 à 600 litres de liquide à bas point d’ébullition par hectare.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.