photovoltaïque
French, adjective/fɔ.tɔ.vɔl.ta.ik/
photovoltaïque is a French adjective meaning “photovoltaic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la production d’électricité à partir de l’énergie lumineuse”.
What does photovoltaïque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
photovoltaic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la production d’électricité à partir de l’énergie lumineuse.
noun: 1. Mode de production d’électricité utilisant des cellules photovoltaïques.
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 photovoltaïque
- photovoltaïques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photovoltaïque?
- /fɔ.tɔ.vɔl.ta.ik/
- \fo.to.vɔl.ta.ik\
- [fo.to.vɔl.ta.ik]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to photovoltaïque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is photovoltaïque in French?
photovoltaïque appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).