quasar
French, noun/kwa.zaʁ/
quasar is a French masculine noun meaning “quasar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Radiosource ponctuelle dont le rayonnement est très intense et constant à quelques sursauts sporadiques près”.
What does quasar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequasar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Radiosource ponctuelle dont le rayonnement est très intense et constant à quelques sursauts sporadiques près.
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 quasar
- quasars plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quasar?
- /kwa.zaʁ/
- /ka.zaʁ/
- \kwa.zaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quasar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quasar in French?
quasar appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).