vimentin
/vaɪˈmɛn.tɪn/noun
vimentin is a noun meaning “Any of a group of polypeptides that polymerize to form filaments in the cytoskeleton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-M-E-N-T-I-N and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vimentin is vimentins.
What does vimentin mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a group of polypeptides that polymerize to form filaments in the cytoskeleton.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vimentin?
- US /vaɪˈmɛn.tɪn/
- US /vɪˈmɛn.tɪn/
Vimentin has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vimentin
- vimentins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vimentin?
Vimentin appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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).
Vimentin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of a group of polypeptides that polymerize to form filaments in the cytoskel:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vimentine |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vimentin come from?
From Latin vīmentum (“osier, withy”) + -in (“protein”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).