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double-hélice

French, noun

double-hélice is a French feminine noun meaning “double helix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Structure constituée de deux hélices imbriquées l'une dans l'autre”.

What does double-hélice mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedouble helix

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Structure constituée de deux hélices imbriquées l'une dans l'autre. 2. Structure secondaire de l'ADN bicaténaire.

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 double-hélice

  • double-hélices plural
  • doubles hélices plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).