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phototaxie

French, noun\fɔ.to.tak.si\

phototaxie is spelled P-H-O-T-O-T-A-X-I-E (10 letters). Phototaxie is a French feminine noun meaning “phototaxy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réaction de locomotion d’organismes mobiles provoquée par la lumière et qui les porte soit à s'en approcher…”.

What does phototaxie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininephototaxy

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Réaction de locomotion d’organismes mobiles provoquée par la lumière et qui les porte soit à s'en approcher (phototaxie positive), soit à s'en éloigner (phototaxie négative).

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 phototaxie

  • phototaxies plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce phototaxie?

  • \fɔ.to.tak.si\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to phototaxie

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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