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UVC

French, noun/y.ve.se/

UVC is spelled U-V-C (3 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). UVC is a French feminine noun meaning “initialism of unité de vente consommateur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rayon ultraviolet "lointain"”.

What does UVC mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineinitialism of unité de vente consommateur

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Rayon ultraviolet "lointain".

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 UVC

  • UVCs plural
  • UVA canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce UVC?

  • /y.ve.se/
  • \y.ve.a\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is UVC in French?

UVC appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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