diffraction
French, noun/di.fʁak.sjɔ̃/
diffraction is spelled D-I-F-F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diffraction is a French feminine noun meaning “diffraction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déviation d’une onde, d’un faisceau de corpuscules”.
What does diffraction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediffraction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Déviation d’une onde, d’un faisceau de corpuscules. 2. Inflexion que subissent les rayons lumineux.
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 diffraction
- diffractions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diffraction?
- /di.fʁak.sjɔ̃/
- \di.fʁak.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diffraction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diffraction in French?
diffraction appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).