élastine
French, noun\e.la.stin\
élastine is spelled É-L-A-S-T-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élastine is a French feminine noun meaning “elastin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Protéine de la famille des protéines fibreuses de type structural, qui possède des propriétés élastiques et…”.
What does élastine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelastin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Protéine de la famille des protéines fibreuses de type structural, qui possède des propriétés élastiques et dont la synthèse diminue avec l’âge pour se trouver remplacée par du collagène inextensible.
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 élastine
- élastines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élastine?
- \e.la.stin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élastine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élastine in French?
élastine appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).