parsec
French, noun\paʁ.sɛk\
parsec is spelled P-A-R-S-E-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parsec is a French masculine noun meaning “parsec” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de distance, de symbole pc, équivalant exactement 60 × 60 × 180 / π unités astronomiques…”.
What does parsec mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparsec
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 distance, de symbole pc, équivalant exactement 60 × 60 × 180 / π unités astronomiques, soit environ 30,85 pétamètres (billions de kilomètres) ou 3,26 années-lumière.
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 parsec
- parsecs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parsec?
- \paʁ.sɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parsec
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parsec in French?
parsec appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).