cystine
French, noun\sis.tin\
cystine is spelled C-Y-S-T-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cystine is a French feminine noun meaning “cystine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acide aminé composé de deux unités cystéine liées par un pont disulfure”.
What does cystine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecystine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acide aminé composé de deux unités cystéine liées par un pont disulfure.
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 cystine
- cystines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cystine?
- \sis.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cystine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cystine in French?
cystine appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).