amidon
French, noun/a.mi.dɔ̃/
amidon is spelled A-M-I-D-O-N (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amidon is a French masculine noun meaning “starch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Polysaccharide composé de chaînes de molécules de D-glucose nommées amylose et amylopectine qu’on retire des…”.
What does amidon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestarch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Polysaccharide composé de chaînes de molécules de D-glucose nommées amylose et amylopectine qu’on retire des organes de réserves de nombreuses plantes comme le tubercule de la pomme de terre ou les grains de maïs.
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 amidon
- amidons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amidon?
- /a.mi.dɔ̃/
- \a.mi.dɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amidon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amidon in French?
amidon appears 1.3 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).