acouphène
French, noun/a.ku.fɛn/
acouphène is a French masculine noun meaning “tinnitus (perception of nonexistent noise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Impression auditive correspondant à la perception d’une onde sonore qui en réalité, n’existe pas”.
What does acouphène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetinnitus (perception of nonexistent noise)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Impression auditive correspondant à la perception d’une onde sonore qui en réalité, n’existe pas.
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 acouphène
- acouphènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acouphène?
- /a.ku.fɛn/
- \a.ku.fɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acouphène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acouphène in French?
acouphène 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).