photoluminescence
French, noun\fo.to.ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃s\
photoluminescence is spelled P-H-O-T-O-L-U-M-I-N-E-S-C-E-N-C-E (17 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photoluminescence is a French feminine noun meaning “photoluminescence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Luminescence provoquée par l'absorption de photons”.
What does photoluminescence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephotoluminescence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Luminescence provoquée par l'absorption de photons. 2. Spectroscopie pour analyser des matériaux semi-conducteurs ou isolants qui, après excitation, émettent des photons.
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 photoluminescence
- photoluminescences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photoluminescence?
- \fo.to.ly.mi.ne.sɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is photoluminescence in French?
photoluminescence appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).