héliotropisme
French, noun/e.ljɔ.tʁɔ.pism/
héliotropisme is spelled H-É-L-I-O-T-R-O-P-I-S-M-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Héliotropisme is a French masculine noun meaning “heliotropism, phototropism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attraction vers le soleil d’une plante ou d’une partie de cette plante, afin de favoriser l’apport de lumière…”.
What does héliotropisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheliotropism, phototropism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attraction vers le soleil d’une plante ou d’une partie de cette plante, afin de favoriser l’apport de lumière à ses parties aériennes. 2. Phénomène d’attirance des populations d’un pays vers une région plus ensoleillée.
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 héliotropisme
- héliotropismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce héliotropisme?
- /e.ljɔ.tʁɔ.pism/
- /e.ljɔ.tʁɔ.pizm/
- \e.ljɔ.tʁɔ.pism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to héliotropisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is héliotropisme in French?
héliotropisme appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).