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AFM

French, noun/a.ɛ.fɛm/

AFM is a French masculine noun meaning “AFM (“atomic force microscope”) abbreviation of microscope à force atomique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does AFM mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineAFM (“atomic force microscope”) abbreviation of microscope à force atomique

noun

  1. 1

    feminineAFM (“atomic force microscopy”) abbreviation of microscopie à force atomique

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of AFM

  • AFMs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce AFM?

  • /a.ɛ.fɛm/
  • /a.e.fɛm/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to AFM

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is AFM in French?

AFM appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).