codéine
French, noun
codéine is spelled C-O-D-É-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Codéine is a French feminine noun meaning “codeine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, codéiné is a different word: “Containing codeine”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alcaloïde que l’on tire de l’opium. Cette molécule est utilisée en pharmacie pour sa propriété antitussive”.
What does codéine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecodeine
adjective
- 1
Containing codeine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alcaloïde que l’on tire de l’opium. Cette molécule est utilisée en pharmacie pour sa propriété antitussive.
adjective: 1. Qui contient de la codéine.
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 codéine
- codéinée feminine
- codéinés masculine plural
- codéinées feminine plural
- codéines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to codéine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is codéine in French?
codéine appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).