PH
French, noun
PH is spelled P-H (2 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). PH is a French masculine noun meaning “CVH: initialism of porte-hélicoptère: helicopter carrier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, pH is a different word: “pH (measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution, equal…”.
What does PH mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineCVH: initialism of porte-hélicoptère: helicopter carrier
noun
- 1
masculinepH (measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution, equal to the negative logarithm of the concentration of hydronium ions in molars)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Opposé du logarithme décimal de la concentration en ions hydroniums d’une solution aqueuse. Échelle de mesure de l’acidité d’une solution. ( pH = -log₁₀ [H⁺])
symbol: 1. Symbole du phthore (fluor). 2. Symbole du phosphore.
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 PH
- pHs plural
- PHs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to PH
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is PH in French?
PH appears 5.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).