fotônica
Portuguese, noun
fotônica is spelled F-O-T-Ô-N-I-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fotônica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of fotónica” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of fotônico. With an accent, fotónica is a different word: “photonics”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência que estuda e pratica a manipulação da luz ou de fótons”.
What does fotônica mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of fotónica
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fotônico
noun
- 1
femininephotonics
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fotónico
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ciência que estuda e pratica a manipulação da luz ou de fótons
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fotônica
- fotônica alternative Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fotônica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fotônica in Portuguese?
fotônica appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).