photic
adjective
photic is an adjective meaning “Of, related to, or irradiated by light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-H-O-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does photic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, related to, or irradiated by light.
- 2
Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of photic
- more photic comparative
- most photic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is photic?
Photic appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Photic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense irradiated by light:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does photic come from?
From phot- + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).