smectite
French, noun\smɛk.tit\
smectite is a French feminine noun meaning “smectite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe d'argiles gonflantes avec une structure en feuillet, utilisées entre autres en gastro-entérologie”.
What does smectite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmectite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe d'argiles gonflantes avec une structure en feuillet, utilisées entre autres en gastro-entérologie.
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 smectite
- smectites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce smectite?
- \smɛk.tit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to smectite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is smectite in French?
smectite appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).