formin
/ˈfɔɹ.mɪn/noun
formin is a noun meaning “Any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-M-I-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 54 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of formin is formins.
What does formin mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce formin?
- UK /ˈfɔː.mɪn/
- US /ˈfɔɹ.mɪn/
Formin has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of formin
- formins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is formin?
Formin appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does formin come from?
From phenformin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).