quadrivalent
French, adjective/kwa.dʁi.va.lɑ̃/
quadrivalent is a French adjective meaning “quadrivalent (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Désigne un élément chimique qui n’accepte que quatre liaisons chimiques”.
What does quadrivalent mean in English?
adjective
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quadrivalent (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Désigne un élément chimique qui n’accepte que quatre liaisons chimiques. 2. Désigne un verbe qui peut accepter quatre actants, exprimés ou sous-entendus. 3. Qui comprend quatre sérotypes de l’agent infectieux, en parlant d’un vaccin. 4. Se dit de chromosomes présents en quatre copies. Désigne l’arrangement des quatre homologues chromosomaux lors de leur appariement méiotique chez un quadriploïde ou quadrisomique.
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 quadrivalent
- quadrivalente feminine
- quadrivalents masculine plural
- quadrivalentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quadrivalent?
- /kwa.dʁi.va.lɑ̃/
- /ka.dʁi.va.lɑ̃/
- \kwa.dʁi.va.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quadrivalent in French?
quadrivalent appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).