ferrite
French, noun/fɛ.ʁit/
ferrite is spelled F-E-R-R-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 95,695th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferrite is a French masculine noun meaning “ferrite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variété allotropique de fer présente dans des alliages ferreux et contenant une infime partie de carbone”.
What does ferrite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineferrite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variété allotropique de fer présente dans des alliages ferreux et contenant une infime partie de carbone.
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 ferrite
- ferrites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferrite?
- /fɛ.ʁit/
- /fe.ʁit/
- \fɛ.ʁit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ferrite in French?
ferrite appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).