prussique
French, adjective/pʁy.sik/
prussique is spelled P-R-U-S-S-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prussique is a French adjective meaning “prussic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne dénomination de cyanhydrique”.
What does prussique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prussic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ancienne dénomination de cyanhydrique.
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 prussique
- prussiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prussique?
- /pʁy.sik/
- \pʁy.sik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prussique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prussique in French?
prussique appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).