PCB
French\pe.se.be\
PCB is a French noun. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Polychlorobiphényle”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Polychlorobiphényle. 2. Circuit imprimé. 3. Bloc de contrôle de processus : structure de données du noyau d'un système d’exploitation représentant l’état d’un processus donné. 4. Quantité de pièce d'un conditionnement, très utilisé notamment dans le domaine alimentaire sec.
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.
How do you pronounce PCB?
- \pe.se.be\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is PCB in French?
PCB appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).