thyristor
French, noun\ti.ʁis.tɔʁ\
thyristor is spelled T-H-Y-R-I-S-T-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thyristor is a French masculine noun meaning “thyristor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composant électronique semi-conducteur de puissance permettant de contrôler le passage du courant électrique”.
What does thyristor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethyristor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composant électronique semi-conducteur de puissance permettant de contrôler le passage du courant électrique.
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 thyristor
- thyristors plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thyristor?
- \ti.ʁis.tɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to thyristor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is thyristor in French?
thyristor appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).