asphérique
French, adjective/as.fe.ʁik/
asphérique is spelled A-S-P-H-É-R-I-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asphérique is a French adjective meaning “aspheric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit d'un verre ou d'une lentille dont la forme se rapproche de celle d'une sphère sans l'être tout à fait…”.
What does asphérique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
aspheric
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit d'un verre ou d'une lentille dont la forme se rapproche de celle d'une sphère sans l'être tout à fait, et dont la fonction est d'améliorer la précision de l'image en périphérie de l'objet examiné.
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 asphérique
- asphériques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asphérique?
- /as.fe.ʁik/
- \a.sfe.ʁik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asphérique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asphérique in French?
asphérique appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).