microseconde
French, noun/mi.kʁɔ.sə.ɡɔ̃d/
microseconde is spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-E-C-O-N-D-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microseconde is a French feminine noun meaning “microsecond” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de temps du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻⁶ seconde, et dont le symbole est μs”.
What does microseconde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicrosecond
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de mesure de temps du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻⁶ seconde, et dont le symbole est μs.
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 microseconde
- microsecondes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microseconde?
- /mi.kʁɔ.sə.ɡɔ̃d/
- \mi.kʁo.sə.ɡɔ̃d\
- [mi.kʁo.ɬə.ɡɔ̃d]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microseconde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microseconde in French?
microseconde appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).