réfraction
French, noun\ʁe.fʁak.sjɔ̃\
réfraction is spelled R-É-F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Réfraction is a French feminine noun meaning “refraction (bending of any wave)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déviation que subit un rayon lumineux, lorsqu’il passe d'un milieu dans un milieu de densité différente”.
What does réfraction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerefraction (bending of any wave)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Déviation que subit un rayon lumineux, lorsqu’il passe d'un milieu dans un milieu de densité différente.
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 réfraction
- réfractions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réfraction?
- \ʁe.fʁak.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to réfraction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is réfraction in French?
réfraction 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).