supraluminique
French, adjective/sy.pʁa.ly.mi.nik/
supraluminique is spelled S-U-P-R-A-L-U-M-I-N-I-Q-U-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Supraluminique is a French adjective meaning “faster-than-light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Supérieur à la vitesse de la lumière, en parlant d’une vitesse”.
What does supraluminique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
faster-than-light
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Supérieur à la vitesse de la lumière, en parlant d’une vitesse. 2. Dont la vitesse est supérieure à la vitesse de la lumière.
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 supraluminique
- supraluminiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce supraluminique?
- /sy.pʁa.ly.mi.nik/
- \sy.pʁa.ly.mi.nik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is supraluminique in French?
supraluminique appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).