pepin
noun
pepin is a noun meaning “A specialized compartment found in the bacterium Thiomargarita magnifica which encapsulates its DNA” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-E-P-I-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of pepin is pepins.
What does pepin mean?
noun
- 1
A specialized compartment found in the bacterium Thiomargarita magnifica which encapsulates its DNA.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce pepin?
Pepin has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of pepin
- pepins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pepin?
Pepin appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 pepin come from?
Borrowed from French pépin, after its appearance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).