diffracter
French, verb/di.fʁak.te/
diffracter is spelled D-I-F-F-R-A-C-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diffracter is a French verb meaning “to diffract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Subir la diffraction ou opérer la diffraction”.
What does diffracter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to diffract
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Subir la diffraction ou opérer la diffraction.
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 diffracter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- diffractant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- diffracté participle past
- diffracte first-person indicative present
- diffractes indicative present second-person
- diffractons first-person indicative plural
- diffractez indicative plural present
- diffractent indicative plural present
- diffractais first-person imperfect indicative
- diffractait imperfect indicative singular
- diffractions first-person imperfect indicative
- diffractiez imperfect indicative plural
- diffractaient imperfect indicative plural
- diffractai first-person historic indicative
- diffractas historic indicative past
- diffracta historic indicative past
- diffractâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diffracter?
- /di.fʁak.te/
- \di.fʁak.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diffracter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diffracter in French?
diffracter appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).