farad
French, noun/fa.ʁad/
farad is a French masculine noun meaning “farad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de capacité électrique du Système international, dont le symbole est F. Un condensateur a une…”.
What does farad mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefarad
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de mesure de capacité électrique du Système international, dont le symbole est F. Un condensateur a une capacité électrique de 1 farad quand 1 coulomb de charge cause une différence de potentiel de 1 volt.
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 farad
- farads plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farad?
- /fa.ʁad/
- \fa.ʁad\
- [fa.ʁad]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to farad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is farad in French?
farad appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).