photophobie
French, noun/fɔ.tɔ.fɔ.bi/
photophobie is spelled P-H-O-T-O-P-H-O-B-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photophobie is a French feminine noun meaning “photophobia (excessive sensitivity to light)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Crainte de la lumière ; aversion pour la lumière”.
What does photophobie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephotophobia (excessive sensitivity to light)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Crainte de la lumière ; aversion pour 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 photophobie
- photophobies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photophobie?
- /fɔ.tɔ.fɔ.bi/
- \fo.to.fɔ.bi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to photophobie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is photophobie in French?
photophobie appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).