thiophène
French, noun/tjɔ.fɛn/
thiophène is spelled T-H-I-O-P-H-È-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thiophène is a French masculine noun meaning “thiophene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composé organique hétérocyclique aromatique de formule brute C₄H₄S dont l’odeur est proche de celle du…”.
What does thiophène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethiophene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composé organique hétérocyclique aromatique de formule brute C₄H₄S dont l’odeur est proche de celle du benzène.
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 thiophène
- thiophènes plural
- thiofène
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thiophène?
- /tjɔ.fɛn/
- \tjɔ.fɛn\
- [tjɔ.fɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is thiophène in French?
thiophène appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).