biréfringence
French, noun/bi.ʁe.fʁɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s/
biréfringence is a French feminine noun meaning “birefringence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Propriété de certains matériaux transparents vis-à-vis de la lumière qui est de diviser en deux un rayon…”.
What does biréfringence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebirefringence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Propriété de certains matériaux transparents vis-à-vis de la lumière qui est de diviser en deux un rayon lumineux qui les pénètre.
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 biréfringence
- biréfringences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce biréfringence?
- /bi.ʁe.fʁɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s/
- \bi.ʁe.fʁɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to biréfringence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is biréfringence in French?
biréfringence appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).