désamination
French, noun/de.za.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
désamination is spelled D-É-S-A-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désamination is a French feminine noun meaning “deamination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “L'enlèvement d'un groupe amine à une molécule par une enzyme appelée déaminase”.
What does désamination mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeamination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. L'enlèvement d'un groupe amine à une molécule par une enzyme appelée déaminase.
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 désamination
- désaminations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce désamination?
- /de.za.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \de.za.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is désamination in French?
désamination 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).