électron
French, noun/e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃/
électron is spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-N (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Électron is a French masculine noun meaning “electron (the negatively charged subatomic particles that orbit atoms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Particule élémentaire stable de charge négative”.
What does électron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelectron (the negatively charged subatomic particles that orbit atoms)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Particule élémentaire stable de charge négative. 2. Alliage léger à base de magnésium ; élektron. 3. Ambre ; succin.
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 électron
- électrons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce électron?
- /e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃/
- \e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\
- [e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to électron
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is électron in French?
électron appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).