thermite
French, noun\tɛʁ.mit\
thermite is spelled T-H-E-R-M-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thermite is a French feminine noun meaning “thermite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mélange d’oxydes métalliques et de poudre d’aluminium, dont la combustion dégage une chaleur utilisée en…”.
What does thermite mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mélange d’oxydes métalliques et de poudre d’aluminium, dont la combustion dégage une chaleur utilisée en aluminothermie.
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 thermite
- thermites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thermite?
- \tɛʁ.mit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is thermite in French?
thermite appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).