piézoélectrique

\pje.zɔ.e.lɛk.tʁik\

/\pje.zɔ.e.lɛk.tʁik\/ adj

The verdict

“piézoélectrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’un matériau dans lequel les contraintes mécaniques sont liées au champ électrique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piezoelectrique · piézoélectrique · French

piézoélectrique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for piézoélectrique
PropertyValue
Headwordpiézoélectrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pje.zɔ.e.lɛk.tʁik\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « piézoélectrique » en français

piézoélectriquesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piézoélectrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pje.zɔ.e.lɛk.tʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit d’un matériau dans lequel les contraintes mécaniques sont liées au champ électrique.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for piézoélectrique, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is piézoélectrique, spelled P-I-É-Z-O-É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit d’un matériau dans lequel les contraintes mécaniques sont liées au champ électrique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how piézoélectrique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les matériaux piézoélectriques permettent de créer aussi bien des capteurs que des actionneurs.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piézoélectrique"?
"piézoélectrique" is spelled P-I-É-Z-O-É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pje.zɔ.e.lɛk.tʁik\.
What does "piézoélectrique" mean?
As an adjective, "piézoélectrique" means: Se dit d’un matériau dans lequel les contraintes mécaniques sont liées au champ électrique.
How do you pronounce "piézoélectrique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piézoélectrique" is \pje.zɔ.e.lɛk.tʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piézoélectrique" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list