anthraquinone
French, noun/ɑ̃.tʁa.ki.nɔn/
anthraquinone is spelled A-N-T-H-R-A-Q-U-I-N-O-N-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anthraquinone is a French masculine noun meaning “anthraquinone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance chimique dérivée de l'anthracène, utilisé comme laxatif en médecine et autrefois en tant que…”.
What does anthraquinone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanthraquinone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substance chimique dérivée de l'anthracène, utilisé comme laxatif en médecine et autrefois en tant que corvifuge dans le monde agricole.
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 anthraquinone
- anthraquinones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anthraquinone?
- /ɑ̃.tʁa.ki.nɔn/
- \ɑ̃.tʁa.ki.nɔn\
- [ɑ̃.tʁa.ki.nɔn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anthraquinone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anthraquinone in French?
anthraquinone appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).