phototype
French, noun\fo.to.tip\
phototype is a French masculine noun meaning “phototype” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type de peau en fonction de sa réaction au soleil, classé de 1 (peau très blanchâtre, tâche de rousseur, ne…”.
What does phototype mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephototype
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type de peau en fonction de sa réaction au soleil, classé de 1 (peau très blanchâtre, tâche de rousseur, ne bronze pas, coup de soleil systématique) à 6 (peau noire, jamais de coup de soleil) 2. Cliché obtenu directement après exposition et traitement d'une couche photosensible. 3. Fichier de photographie.
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 phototype
- phototypes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phototype?
- \fo.to.tip\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to phototype
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phototype in French?
phototype appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).