photolyse
French, noun\fo.to.liz\
photolyse is spelled P-H-O-T-O-L-Y-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photolyse is a French feminine noun meaning “photolysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coupure d'une ou de plusieurs liaisons d'une entité moléculaire consécutive à une absorption de lumière, ou…”.
What does photolyse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephotolysis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coupure d'une ou de plusieurs liaisons d'une entité moléculaire consécutive à une absorption de lumière, ou tout processus photochimique dans lequel une telle coupure joue un rôle essentiel.
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 photolyse
- photolyses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photolyse?
- \fo.to.liz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to photolyse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is photolyse in French?
photolyse appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).