Polyglot Dictionary

fóton

/ˈfɔtõ/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
fótons

Meaning

  1. photon

    • A luz é feita de fótons.

      Light is made of photons.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

fotón

fotón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "photon."

French

photon

photon is the French word for the same thing — both mean "photon."

Practice

1 What does fóton mean?

2 Fill the gap: A luz é feita de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fóton?

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