centromère
French, noun/sɑ̃.tʁɔ.mɛʁ/
centromère is spelled C-E-N-T-R-O-M-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centromère is a French masculine noun meaning “centromere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Milieu des deux chromatides”.
What does centromère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecentromere
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Milieu des deux chromatides.
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 centromère
- centromères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centromère?
- /sɑ̃.tʁɔ.mɛʁ/
- \sɑ̃.tʁo.mɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to centromère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centromère in French?
centromère appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).