asparagine
French, noun/as.pa.ʁa.ʒin/
asparagine is spelled A-S-P-A-R-A-G-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asparagine is a French feminine noun meaning “asparagine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acide aminé polaire et non-chargé dont le groupement latéral est un carboxamine (-CH₂-CO-NH₂)”.
What does asparagine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineasparagine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acide aminé polaire et non-chargé dont le groupement latéral est un carboxamine (-CH₂-CO-NH₂).
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 asparagine
- asparagines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asparagine?
- /as.pa.ʁa.ʒin/
- \as.pa.ʁa.ʒin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asparagine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asparagine in French?
asparagine appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).