solfatare
French, noun/sɔl.fa.taʁ/
solfatare is spelled S-O-L-F-A-T-A-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Solfatare is a French feminine noun meaning “fumarole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terrain d’où se dégagent des vapeurs sulfureuses et où se dépose du soufre”.
What does solfatare mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefumarole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terrain d’où se dégagent des vapeurs sulfureuses et où se dépose du soufre.
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 solfatare
- solfatares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce solfatare?
- /sɔl.fa.taʁ/
- \sɔl.fa.taʁ\
- [sɔl.fa.taʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is solfatare in French?
solfatare appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).