désoxyribonucléique
French, adjective/de.zɔk.si.ʁi.bɔ.ny.kle.ik/
désoxyribonucléique is spelled D-É-S-O-X-Y-R-I-B-O-N-U-C-L-É-I-Q-U-E (19 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désoxyribonucléique is a French adjective meaning “deoxyribonucleic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contenant du désoxyribose et contenu dans le noyau des cellules”.
What does désoxyribonucléique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deoxyribonucleic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Contenant du désoxyribose et contenu dans le noyau des cellules.
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 désoxyribonucléique
- désoxyribonucléiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce désoxyribonucléique?
- /de.zɔk.si.ʁi.bɔ.ny.kle.ik/
- \de.zɔk.si.ʁi.bo.ny.kle.ik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to désoxyribonucléique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is désoxyribonucléique in French?
désoxyribonucléique appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).