isotope
French, noun/i.zo.tɔp/
isotope is spelled I-S-O-T-O-P-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Isotope is a French masculine noun meaning “isotope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique ayant un même nombre de protons que l’élément chimique de référence, donc une même « place »…”.
What does isotope mean in English?
adjective
- 1
isotope; isotopic
noun
- 1
masculineisotope
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément chimique ayant un même nombre de protons que l’élément chimique de référence, donc une même « place » dans le tableau périodique des éléments, mais un nombre de neutrons différent.
adjective: 1. Qui a les caractéristiques chimiques ou physiques d’un isotope.
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 isotope
- isotopes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce isotope?
- /i.zo.tɔp/
- \izɔ.tɔp\
- \i.zo.tɔp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to isotope
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is isotope in French?
isotope 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).