ADN
French, noun/a.de.ɛn/
ADN is spelled A-D-N (3 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,230th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). ADN is a French masculine noun meaning “initialism of acide désoxyribonucléique (“DNA”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Molécule composée de nucléotides, porteuse de l'information génétique chez la plupart des organismes…”.
What does ADN mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinitialism of acide désoxyribonucléique (“DNA”)
La police a recours à l'analyse ADN pour identifier les criminels.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Molécule composée de nucléotides, porteuse de l'information génétique chez la plupart des organismes, généralement sous forme de double brin. 2. Caractéristiques essentielles, indissociables de l'identité.
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.
How do you pronounce ADN?
- /a.de.ɛn/
- \a.de.ɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ADN
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ADN in French?
ADN appears 14 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).