fovéa
French, noun/fɔ.ve.a/
fovéa is a French feminine noun meaning “fovea; retinal fovea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Zone centrale de la macula, partie de la rétine où la vision des détails est la plus précise”.
What does fovéa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefovea; retinal fovea
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zone centrale de la macula, partie de la rétine où la vision des détails est la plus précise.
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 fovéa
- fovéas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fovéa?
- /fɔ.ve.a/
- \fɔ.ve.a\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fovéa in French?
fovéa appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).