fotón
Spanish, noun/foˈton/
fotón is spelled F-O-T-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,751st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fotón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “photon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of foto, a great photo. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Partícula subatómica responsable de las interacciones electromagnéticas como la luz. Tiene masa en reposo…”.
What does fotón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephoton
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of foto, a great photo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partícula subatómica responsable de las interacciones electromagnéticas como la luz. Tiene masa en reposo cero y no tiene carga eléctrica.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fotón
- fotones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fotón?
- /foˈton/
- [foˈt̪õn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fotón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fotón in Spanish?
fotón appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).