dextrine
French, noun/dɛk.stʁin/
dextrine is spelled D-E-X-T-R-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dextrine is a French feminine noun meaning “dextrin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Glucide gommeux, dextrogyre, soluble, amorphe, qui résulte de l’amidon sous l’influence des acides, des…”.
What does dextrine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedextrin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Glucide gommeux, dextrogyre, soluble, amorphe, qui résulte de l’amidon sous l’influence des acides, des oxydes.
adjective: 1. Enduit de dextrine.
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 dextrine
- dextrines plural
- dextrinés plural masculine
- dextrinée singular feminine
- dextrinées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dextrine?
- /dɛk.stʁin/
- \dɛks.tʁin\
- \dɛk.stʁi.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dextrine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dextrine in French?
dextrine appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).