pulsar
French, noun/pyl.saʁ/
pulsar is spelled P-U-L-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,881st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulsar is a French feminine noun meaning “pulsar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étoile à neutrons en rotation rapide sur elle-même et émettant des ondes radio à intervalles réguliers. C’est…”.
What does pulsar mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepulsar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoile à neutrons en rotation rapide sur elle-même et émettant des ondes radio à intervalles réguliers. C’est ce qui reste d’une étoile supermassive après son explosion en hypernova, en supernova ou en nova.
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 pulsar
- pulsars plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pulsar?
- /pyl.saʁ/
- \pyl.saʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pulsar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pulsar in French?
pulsar appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).