noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfɪz.ɪks/
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CMU ARPABET:F IH1 Z IH0 K S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Newtonian physics was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those examined or studied scientifically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
plural of physic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of physic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he studied the physics of radiation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: physical science
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural science
Narrower terms: acoustics
History
Etymology
1580s; from physic (see also -ics), from Middle English phisik, from Old French fisike (“natural science, art of healing”), from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “origin; nature, property”), from Ancient Greek φύω (phúō, “produce; bear; grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).
Across languages
Translations
119 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
fisika
— branch of science
Albanian:
fizikë
— branch of science
Amharic:
ፊዚክስ
(fiziks)
— branch of science
Arabic:
فِيزِيَاء
(fīziyāʔ)
— branch of science
Arabic:
فِيزِيقَا
(fīzīqā)
— branch of science
Arabic:
فيزيا
(fezya)
— branch of science
Arabic:
فيزيا
(fīzya)
— branch of science
Armenian:
ֆիզիկա
(fizika)
— branch of science
Asturian:
física
— branch of science
Azerbaijani:
fizika
— branch of science
Basque:
fisika
— branch of science
Belarusian:
фі́зіка
(fízika)
— branch of science
Bengali:
পদার্থবিজ্ঞান
(podarthobiggên)
— branch of science
Bengali:
পদার্থবিদ্যা
(podarthobidda)
— branch of science
Breton:
naturoniezh
— branch of science
Bulgarian:
фи́зика
(fízika)
— branch of science
Burmese:
ရူပဗေဒ
(rupa.beda.)
— branch of science
Carpathian Rusyn:
фі́зіка
(fízika)
— branch of science
Catalan:
física
— branch of science
Chinese Cantonese:
物理學 /物理学
(mat6 lei5 hok6)
— branch of science
Hakka Chinese:
物理學 /物理学
(vu̍t-lî-ho̍k)
— branch of science
Chinese:
物理學 /物理学
(bu̍t-lí-ha̍k)
— branch of science
Chinese Mandarin:
物理學 /物理学
(wùlǐxué)
— branch of science
Czech:
fyzika
— branch of science
Danish:
fysik
— branch of science
Dhivehi:
ފީޒިޔާއީ އިލްމު
(fīziyāī ilmu)
— branch of science
Dutch:
natuurkunde
— branch of science
Dutch:
fysica
— branch of science
Dzongkha:
དངོས་ཁམས་རིག་པ
(dngos khams rig pa)
— branch of science
Esperanto:
fiziko
— branch of science
Estonian:
füüsika
— branch of science
Faroese:
alisfrøði
— branch of science
Finnish:
fysiikka
— branch of science
French:
physique
— branch of science
Galician:
física
— branch of science
Georgian:
ფიზიკა
(piziḳa)
— branch of science
German:
Physik
— branch of science
Greek:
φυσική
(fysikí)
— branch of science
Gujarati:
ભૌતિકવિજ્ઞાન
(bhautikvijñān)
— branch of science
Gujarati:
ફિઝીક્સ
(phijhīks)
— branch of science
Haitian Creole:
fizik
— branch of science
Hebrew:
פִֿיזִיקָה
(fizika)
— branch of science
Hindi:
भौतिक शास्त्र
(bhautik śāstra)
— branch of science
Hindi:
भौतिकी
(bhautikī)
— branch of science
Hungarian:
fizika
— branch of science
Icelandic:
eðlisfræði
— branch of science
Ido:
fiziko
— branch of science
Indonesian:
fisika
— branch of science
Interlingua:
physica
— branch of science
Irish:
fisic
— branch of science
Italian:
fisica
— branch of science
Japanese:
物理学
(butsurigaku)
— branch of science
Kannada:
ಭೌತಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
(bhautaśāstra)
— branch of science
Kazakh:
физика
(fizika)
— branch of science
Khmer:
រូបសាស្ត្រ
(ruuppaʼsaah)
— branch of science
Khmer:
រូបវិទ្យា
(ruuppaʼvityiə)
— branch of science
Korean:
물리학
(mullihak)
— branch of science
Korean:
물리
(mulli)
— branch of science
Central Kurdish:
فیزیا
(fîzya)
— branch of science
Central Kurdish:
فیزیک
(fîzîk)
— branch of science
Kyrgyz:
физика
(fizika)
— branch of science
Lao:
ວັດຖຸວິທະຍາ
(wat thu wi tha nyā)
— branch of science
Lao:
ວັດຖຸສາດ
(wat thu sāt)
— branch of science
Lao:
ຟີຊິກ
(fī sik)
— branch of science
Latin:
physica
— branch of science
Latvian:
fizika
— branch of science
Lithuanian:
fizika
— branch of science
Macedonian:
физика
(fizika)
— branch of science
Malay:
fizik
— branch of science
Maltese:
fiżika
— branch of science
Manx:
fishag
— branch of science
Māori:
mātai ahupūngao
— branch of science
Marathi:
भौतिकशास्त्र
(bhautikśāstra)
— branch of science
Mongolian:
физик
(fizik)
— branch of science
Nepali:
भौतिक शास्त्र
(bhautik śāstra)
— branch of science
Norwegian Bokmål:
fysikk
— branch of science
Norwegian Nynorsk:
fysikk
— branch of science
Occitan:
fisica
— branch of science
Pashto:
فزيک
(fezík)
— branch of science
Persian:
فیزیک
(fizik)
— branch of science
Pitcairn-Norfolk:
fisiks
— branch of science
Polish:
fizyka
— branch of science
Portuguese:
física
— branch of science
Punjabi:
ਭੌਤਿਕ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ
(bhautik vigiāna)
— branch of science
Romanian:
fizică
— branch of science
Russian:
фи́зика
(fízika)
— branch of science
Scots:
pheesics
— branch of science
Serbo-Croatian:
физика
— branch of science
Serbo-Croatian:
fizika
— branch of science
Shan:
ပၢႆးႁၢင်ႈ
(páai hāang)
— branch of science
Sicilian:
fìsica
— branch of science
Sinhalese:
භෞතික විද්යාව
(bhautika widyāwa)
— branch of science
Slovak:
fyzika
— branch of science
Slovene:
fizika
— branch of science
Lower Sorbian:
fyzika
— branch of science
Spanish:
física
— branch of science
Swahili:
fizikia
— branch of science
Swedish:
fysik
— branch of science
Tagalog:
pisika
— branch of science
Tagalog:
liknayan
— branch of science
Tagalog:
sugnayan
— branch of science
Tajik:
физика
(fizika)
— branch of science
Tamil:
இயற்பியல்
(iyaṟpiyal)
— branch of science
Tamil:
பௌதிகம்
(pautikam)
— branch of science
Thai:
ฟิสิกส์
(fí-sìk)
— branch of science
Tibetan:
དངོས་ཁམས་རིག་པ
(dngos khams rig pa)
— branch of science