trinitrotoluène
French, noun/tʁi.ni.tʁo.tɔ.lɥɛn/
trinitrotoluène is spelled T-R-I-N-I-T-R-O-T-O-L-U-È-N-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trinitrotoluène is a French masculine noun meaning “trinitrotoluene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Puissant explosif, de formule brute C₇H₅N₃O₆, utilisé à des fins civiles et militaires. Il explose dès qu'il…”.
What does trinitrotoluène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrinitrotoluene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Puissant explosif, de formule brute C₇H₅N₃O₆, utilisé à des fins civiles et militaires. Il explose dès qu'il est porté à une température supérieure à 240°C.
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 trinitrotoluène
- trinitrotoluènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trinitrotoluène?
- /tʁi.ni.tʁo.tɔ.lɥɛn/
- \tʁi.ni.tʁɔ.tɔ.lɥɛn\
- [tʁi.ni.tʁɔ.tɔ.lɥɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trinitrotoluène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trinitrotoluène in French?
trinitrotoluène appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).