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afocal

French, adjective/a.fɔ.kal/

afocal is a French adjective meaning “afocal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie un appareil photographique dont la mise au point intégrée n’est pas utilisée et est remplacée par…”.

What does afocal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    afocal

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qualifie un appareil photographique dont la mise au point intégrée n’est pas utilisée et est remplacée par celle d’une lunette astronomique pour un cliché.

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 afocal

  • afocale feminine
  • afocaux masculine plural
  • afocales feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce afocal?

  • /a.fɔ.kal/
  • \a.fɔ.kal\

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

How common is afocal in French?

afocal appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.

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