xylène
French, noun\ɡzi.lɛn\
xylène is a French masculine noun meaning “xylene (di-methyl-benzene)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Isomère du diméthylbenzène, dérivé du benzène, liquide incolore, d’odeur agréable et très inflammable…”.
What does xylène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinexylene (di-methyl-benzene)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Isomère du diméthylbenzène, dérivé du benzène, liquide incolore, d’odeur agréable et très inflammable, utilisé comme solvant par les industries de l’impression, du caoutchouc et du cuir.
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 xylène
- xylènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xylène?
- \ɡzi.lɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xylène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xylène in French?
xylène appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).