photosensibilisation
French, noun\fɔ.to.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃\
photosensibilisation is spelled P-H-O-T-O-S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (20 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photosensibilisation is a French feminine noun meaning “photosensitization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Une sensibilisation de la peau, surtout ses parties peu pigmentées, qui a une réaction anormale à la lumière…”.
What does photosensibilisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephotosensitization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Une sensibilisation de la peau, surtout ses parties peu pigmentées, qui a une réaction anormale à la lumière solaire à la suite de l'absorption de certains végétaux (ou du contact avec eux) ou à la suite de l'absorption de substances appelées photosensibilisants.
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 photosensibilisation
- photosensibilisations plural
- photo-sensibilisation
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photosensibilisation?
- \fɔ.to.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is photosensibilisation in French?
photosensibilisation 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).