propane
French, noun\pʁɔ.pan\
propane is spelled P-R-O-P-A-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Propane is a French masculine noun meaning “propane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hydrocarbure saturé de la famille des paraffines, de formule chimique C₃H₈. C’est un gaz plus lourd que…”.
What does propane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepropane
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hydrocarbure saturé de la famille des paraffines, de formule chimique C₃H₈. C’est un gaz plus lourd que l’air, facilement liquéfiable.
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 propane
- propanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce propane?
- \pʁɔ.pan\
- [pʁɔ.pan]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to propane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is propane in French?
propane appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).