téflon
French, noun\te.flɔ̃\
téflon is spelled T-É-F-L-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Téflon is a French masculine noun meaning “teflon (or similar material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Teflon”.
What does téflon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineteflon (or similar material)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Par antonomase, polytétrafluoroéthylène (PTFE).
noun: 1. Teflon. 2. Qualité ou concept sur lequel les arguments contraires n'ont pas prise. 3. Bande en Teflon utilisée pour rendre étanche un raccord par filetage.
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 téflon
- téflons plural
- Téflon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce téflon?
- \te.flɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is téflon in French?
téflon appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).