terpène
French, noun\tɛʁ.pɛn\
terpène is spelled T-E-R-P-È-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terpène is a French masculine noun meaning “terpene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composé naturel issu majoritairement des plantes, formé d’unités d’isoprène (C₅H₈), présent dans de…”.
What does terpène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineterpene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composé naturel issu majoritairement des plantes, formé d’unités d’isoprène (C₅H₈), présent dans de nombreuses huiles essentielles et doué d’activités biologiques variées, souvent exploité pour ses propriétés aromatiques, antiseptiques ou anti-inflammatoires.
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 terpène
- terpènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terpène?
- \tɛʁ.pɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is terpène in French?
terpène appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).