cyprine
French, noun/si.pʁin/
cyprine is spelled C-Y-P-R-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cyprine is a French feminine noun meaning “a blue variety of vesuvianite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sécrétion des glandes de Bartholin ayant pour fonction de lubrifier le vagin”.
What does cyprine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea blue variety of vesuvianite
noun
- 1
femininevaginal lubrication, vaginal fluid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Épithète de la déesse Vénus à Chypre.
noun: 1. Sécrétion des glandes de Bartholin ayant pour fonction de lubrifier le vagin.
noun: 1. Minéral, parfois taillé en pierre précieuse, de couleur bleue tirant légèrement sur le gris ou le vert, qui fait partie du groupe des vésuvianites. 2. Cette couleur précise.
noun: 1. Praire d’Islande (Arctica islandica).
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 cyprine
- cyprines plural
- cyprienne
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cyprine?
- /si.pʁin/
- \si.pʁin\
- [si.pʁin]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cyprine in French?
cyprine appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).