capsaïcine
French, noun\kap.sa.i.sin\
capsaïcine is spelled C-A-P-S-A-Ï-C-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capsaïcine is a French feminine noun meaning “capsaicin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alcaloïde de saveur brûlante extrait du piment et de nombreuses autres plantes. Le poivre sec en contient un…”.
What does capsaïcine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecapsaicin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alcaloïde de saveur brûlante extrait du piment et de nombreuses autres plantes. Le poivre sec en contient un gramme par kilogramme.
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 capsaïcine
- capsaïcines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capsaïcine?
- \kap.sa.i.sin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capsaïcine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capsaïcine in French?
capsaïcine appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).