acétylation
French, noun/a.se.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
acétylation is spelled A-C-É-T-Y-L-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acétylation is a French feminine noun meaning “acetylation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réaction qui introduit un groupe fonctionnel acétyle dans un composé organique”.
What does acétylation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacetylation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réaction qui introduit un groupe fonctionnel acétyle dans un composé organique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acétylation
- acétylations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acétylation?
- /a.se.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
- \a.se.ti.la.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acétylation in French?
acétylation appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).