pyruvique
French, adjective\pi.ʁy.vik\
pyruvique is spelled P-Y-R-U-V-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pyruvique is a French adjective meaning “pyruvic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie l’acide découvert par le chimiste suédois Jöns Jacob Berzelius, qui se produit dans la distillation…”.
What does pyruvique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pyruvic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie l’acide découvert par le chimiste suédois Jöns Jacob Berzelius, qui se produit dans la distillation sèche de l’acide tartrique et de l’acide paratartrique.
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 pyruvique
- pyruviques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pyruvique?
- \pi.ʁy.vik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pyruvique in French?
pyruvique appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).