proton
French, noun/pʁɔ.tɔ̃/
proton is spelled P-R-O-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proton is a French masculine noun meaning “proton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Particule stable du noyau atomique, de charge positive. Un proton est composé de trois quarks : deux u (« up…”.
What does proton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineproton
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Particule stable du noyau atomique, de charge positive. Un proton est composé de trois quarks : deux u (« up ») et un d (« down »). 2. Cation protium ¹H⁺, constitué formellement d’un noyau d’hydrogène-1 (un proton) ayant perdu son unique 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 proton
- protons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proton?
- /pʁɔ.tɔ̃/
- \pʁɔ.tɔ̃\
- [pʁɔ.tɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proton in French?
proton appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).