arbutine
French, noun/aʁ.by.tin/
arbutine is spelled A-R-B-U-T-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arbutine is a French feminine noun meaning “arbutin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “β-glucoside d’hydroquinone utilisé en cosmétique comme dépigmentant par son action inhibitrice de la…”.
What does arbutine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearbutin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. β-glucoside d’hydroquinone utilisé en cosmétique comme dépigmentant par son action inhibitrice de la tyrosinase et en phytothérapie urinaire pour ses propriétés diurétiques et antibactériennes. Elle peut être extraite de la busserole (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi).
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 arbutine
- arbutines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arbutine?
- /aʁ.by.tin/
- \aʁ.by.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arbutine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arbutine in French?
arbutine appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).