spinelle
French, noun/spi.nɛl/
spinelle is spelled S-P-I-N-E-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spinelle is a French masculine noun meaning “spinel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce minérale de la famille des oxydes (oxyde de magnésium et d’aluminium) de formule Mg Al₂ O₄”.
What does spinelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespinel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce minérale de la famille des oxydes (oxyde de magnésium et d’aluminium) de formule Mg Al₂ O₄.
adjective: 1. Couvert de petites épines ou aiguillons, comme les tiges et les feuilles des borraginées.
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 spinelle
- spinelles plural
- spinellés plural masculine
- spinellée singular feminine
- spinellées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spinelle?
- /spi.nɛl/
- \spi.nɛl\
- \spi.nɛ.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spinelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spinelle in French?
spinelle appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).