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French Physics Vocabulary

French Physics Vocabulary

Lexique de la physique

On this page you’ll find a complete list of French physics vocabulary including words such as phyics (la physique), la force (force), la gravité (gravity) and la friction (friction). The list also includes a list of various areas of physics such as la physique théorique (theoretical physics).

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  • la physique physics
  • la nature nature
  • la chaleur heat
  • la force force
  • l’accélération acceleration
  • la gravité/le pesanteur gravity
  • la température temperature
  • radiation électromagnétique electromagnetic
  • le magnétisme magnetism
  • le champ magnétique magnetic field
  • La loi de Faraday Faraday’s law
  • le courant continu DC power
  • la physique nucléaire nuclear physics
  • la fission fission
  • la physique appliquée applied physics
  • la physique moléculaire molecular physics
  • la science naturelle natural science
  • le mouvement motion
  • l’électricité electricity
  • le vecteur vector
  • l’elan/quantité de mouvement momentum
  • le transfert d’énergie energy transfer
  • la lumière light
  • la réverbération reflection
  • le conducteur conductor
  • le courent current
  • La loi de Coulomb Coulomb’s law
  • le courant alternatif AC power
  • la physique quantique quantum physics
  • la fusion fusion
  • la physique chimique chemical physics
  • le professeur de physique-chimie physics teacher
  • Aristote Aristotle
  • la thermodynamique thermodynam
  • la mécanique mechanics
  • la vélocité velocity
  • la friction friction
  • la croissance expansion
  • l’optique optics
  • la réfraction refraction
  • le champ electrique electric field
  • la résistance resistance
  • l’aiment (m) magnet
  • la physique moderne modern physics
  • la radioactivité radioactivity
  • la physique des semi-conducteurs semiconductor physics
  • la physique classique classical physics
  • la physique théorique theoretical physics

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David Issokson is a lifelong language enthusiast. His head is swimming with words and sounds as he speaks over six languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private online lessons. When procrastinating working on his site, FrenchLearner.com, David enjoys his time skiing and hiking in Teton Valley, Idaho.

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