dextrométhorphane
French, noun/dɛk.stʁɔ.me.tɔʁ.fan/
dextrométhorphane is spelled D-E-X-T-R-O-M-É-T-H-O-R-P-H-A-N-E (17 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dextrométhorphane is a French masculine noun meaning “dextromethorphan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Isomère dextrogyre du lévométhorphane utilisé dans les sirops pour la toux, c'est un dérivé synthétique de la…”.
What does dextrométhorphane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedextromethorphan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Isomère dextrogyre du lévométhorphane utilisé dans les sirops pour la toux, c'est un dérivé synthétique de la codéine.
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.
How do you pronounce dextrométhorphane?
- /dɛk.stʁɔ.me.tɔʁ.fan/
- \dɛk.stʁɔ.me.tɔʁ.fan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dextrométhorphane in French?
dextrométhorphane appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).