fotoquímica
Portuguese, noun/ˌfɔ.toˈkĩ.mi.kɐ/
fotoquímica is spelled F-O-T-O-Q-U-Í-M-I-C-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fotoquímica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “photochemistry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of fotoquímico. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ramo da química que estuda os efeitos da energia radiante (por exemplo, a luz) sobre as reações químicas”.
What does fotoquímica mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephotochemistry
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fotoquímico
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ramo da química que estuda os efeitos da energia radiante (por exemplo, a luz) sobre as reações químicas 2. propriedades ou processos fotoquímicos
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.
How do you pronounce fotoquímica?
- Brazil /ˌfɔ.toˈkĩ.mi.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˌfɔ.tɔˈki.mi.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fotoquímica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fotoquímica in Portuguese?
fotoquímica appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).