zyklon
French, noun/zi.klɔ̃/
zyklon is spelled Z-Y-K-L-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zyklon is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of zyclon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecticide de la firme allemande Degesch, à base d’acide cyanhydrique, notamment utilisé dans les chambres à…”.
What does zyklon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of zyclon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecticide de la firme allemande Degesch, à base d’acide cyanhydrique, notamment utilisé dans les chambres à gaz nazies.
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 zyklon
- zyklons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zyklon?
- /zi.klɔ̃/
- \zi.klɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zyklon in French?
zyklon appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).