photon
French, noun/fɔ.tɔ̃/
photon is spelled P-H-O-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photon is a French masculine noun meaning “photon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quantum de l'énergie électromagnétique, regardé comme une particule discontinue ayant une masse nulle, sans…”.
What does photon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephoton
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Quantum de l'énergie électromagnétique, regardé comme une particule discontinue ayant une masse nulle, sans charge électrique, et une durée de vie illimitée.
noun: 1. Particule γ.
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 photon
- photons plural
- photons γ plural
- photon gamma
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photon?
- /fɔ.tɔ̃/
- \fɔ.tɔ̃\
- [fɔ.tɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to photon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is photon in French?
photon appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).