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phyto

French, noun/fi.to/

phyto is spelled P-H-Y-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phyto is a French masculine noun meaning “clipping of phytosanitaire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Produit phytosanitaire”.

What does phyto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    informalmasculineclipping of phytosanitaire

adjective

  1. 1

    informalclipping of phytosanitaire

prefix

as phyto-
  1. 1

    phyto-

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

How French dictionaries define it

prefix: 1. Préfixe utilisé dans les mots ayant un rapport avec le monde végétal.

noun: 1. Produit phytosanitaire.

adjective: 1. Phytosanitaire.

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 phyto

  • phytos plural

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

How do you pronounce phyto?

  • /fi.to/
  • \fi.to\
  • \fi.tɔ\

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

English words that translate to phyto

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

How common is phyto in French?

phyto appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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