photorécepteur
French, noun\fɔ.tɔ.ʁe.sɛp.tœʁ\
photorécepteur is spelled P-H-O-T-O-R-É-C-E-P-T-E-U-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photorécepteur is a French masculine noun meaning “photoreceptor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Neurone ou molécule sensible à la lumière”.
What does photorécepteur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephotoreceptor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui assimile la lumière.
noun: 1. Neurone ou molécule sensible à la lumière. 2. Composant capable de transformer un rayonnement lumineux en signal électrique.
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 photorécepteur
- photorécepteurs plural
- photoréceptrice singular feminine
- photoréceptrices plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photorécepteur?
- \fɔ.tɔ.ʁe.sɛp.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to photorécepteur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is photorécepteur in French?
photorécepteur appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).