wafer
French, noun/wɛ.fœʁ/
wafer is a French masculine noun meaning “wafer (electronic component)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Disque très fin (tranche) de matériau semi-conducteur (silicium par exemple), utilisé pour produire des…”.
What does wafer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewafer (electronic component)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Disque très fin (tranche) de matériau semi-conducteur (silicium par exemple), utilisé pour produire des circuits intégrés (puce électronique).
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 wafer
- wafers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wafer?
- /wɛ.fœʁ/
- /we.fœʁ/
- /wa.fœʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wafer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wafer in French?
wafer appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).