aphotique
French, adjective\a.fɔ.tik\
aphotique is a French adjective meaning “aphotic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit de la zone marine ou lacustre où l'intensité lumineuse résiduelle est nulle et la photosynthèse…”.
What does aphotique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
aphotic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit de la zone marine ou lacustre où l'intensité lumineuse résiduelle est nulle et la photosynthèse impossible.
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 aphotique
- aphotiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aphotique?
- \a.fɔ.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aphotique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.