astaxanthine
French, noun\as.taɡ.zɑ̃.tin\
astaxanthine is spelled A-S-T-A-X-A-N-T-H-I-N-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Astaxanthine is a French masculine noun meaning “astaxanthin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pigment de la famille des xanthophylles (caroténoïdes), naturellement présent chez certains crustacés et…”.
What does astaxanthine mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineastaxanthin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pigment de la famille des xanthophylles (caroténoïdes), naturellement présent chez certains crustacés et certaines microalgues. La molécule est entre autre utilisée comme colorant alimentaire. 2. Nouvel aliment, au sens de la législation européenne.
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 astaxanthine
- astaxanthines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce astaxanthine?
- \as.taɡ.zɑ̃.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 astaxanthine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is astaxanthine in French?
astaxanthine appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).