photophore
French, noun\fɔ.to.fɔʁ\
photophore is spelled P-H-O-T-O-P-H-O-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photophore is a French masculine noun meaning “photophore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit de tout ce qui porte une source lumineuse”.
What does photophore mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephotophore
- 2
masculinelantern
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Se dit de tout ce qui porte une source lumineuse. 2. Coupe décorative en verre ou terre cuite, destinée à recevoir une bougie ou une veilleuse. 3. Ancien système de bouée lumineuse de signalisation maritime, qui fonctionne par l'hydrolyse du phosphure de calcium, qui produit de l'hydrogène phosphoré inflammable spontanément. 4. Organe électroluminescent présent chez divers animaux marins, y compris des poissons et des céphalopodes.
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 photophore
- photophores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photophore?
- \fɔ.to.fɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is photophore in French?
photophore appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).