cantharidine
French, noun/kɑ̃.ta.ʁi.din/
cantharidine is spelled C-A-N-T-H-A-R-I-D-I-N-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written French, the 264,399th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantharidine is a French feminine noun meaning “cantharidin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance vésicante et épispastique sécrétée par de nombreux insectes dont la cantharide officinale (Lytta…”.
What does cantharidine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecantharidin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substance vésicante et épispastique sécrétée par de nombreux insectes dont la cantharide officinale (Lytta vesicatoria). Elle se présente sous la forme de cristaux rhomboédriques.
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 cantharidine
- cantharidines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantharidine?
- /kɑ̃.ta.ʁi.din/
- \kɑ̃.ta.ʁi.din\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cantharidine in French?
cantharidine appears about once in every 71 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).