incandescence
French, noun\ɛ̃.kɑ̃.de.sɑ̃s\
incandescence is spelled I-N-C-A-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-C-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incandescence is a French feminine noun meaning “incandescence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’un corps qui est chauffé à blanc”.
What does incandescence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincandescence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’un corps qui est chauffé à blanc.
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 incandescence
- incandescences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incandescence?
- \ɛ̃.kɑ̃.de.sɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incandescence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incandescence in French?
incandescence appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).