photoélectrique
French, adjective/fɔ.tɔ.e.lɛk.tʁik/
photoélectrique is spelled P-H-O-T-O-É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 90,544th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photoélectrique is a French adjective meaning “photoelectric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux phénomènes électriques liés à la lumière”.
What does photoélectrique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
photoelectric
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux phénomènes électriques liés à la 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 photoélectrique
- photoélectriques plural
- photo-électrique
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photoélectrique?
- /fɔ.tɔ.e.lɛk.tʁik/
- \fo.to.e.lɛk.tʁik\
- [fo.to.e.lɛk.tʁik]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to photoélectrique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is photoélectrique in French?
photoélectrique appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).