smalt
French, noun/smal/
smalt is spelled S-M-A-L-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Smalt is a French masculine noun meaning “smalt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pigment de couleur bleue (appelée bleu cobalt) composé d’un mélange d’oxyde de cobalt et de verre (silice et…”.
What does smalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmalt
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pigment de couleur bleue (appelée bleu cobalt) composé d’un mélange d’oxyde de cobalt et de verre (silice et potassium). 2. Verre qu’on préparait en fondant des matières vitrifiables avec ce pigment.
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 smalt
- smalts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce smalt?
- /smal/
- \smalt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is smalt in French?
smalt appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).