positron
French, noun/po.zi.tʁɔ̃/
positron is spelled P-O-S-I-T-R-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Positron is a French masculine noun meaning “positron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Antiparticule associée à l'électron”.
What does positron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepositron
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Antiparticule associée à l'électron.
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 positron
- positrons plural
- positon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce positron?
- /po.zi.tʁɔ̃/
- \po.zi.tʁɔ̃\
- \pɔ.zi.tʁɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to positron
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is positron in French?
positron appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).