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émétine

French, noun/e.me.tin/

émétine is spelled É-M-É-T-I-N-E (7 letters). Émétine is a French feminine noun meaning “emetine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alcaloïde isoquinoléique extrait des racines de l’ipécacuana (Carapichea ipecacuanha), et possédant des…”.

What does émétine mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineemetine

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Alcaloïde isoquinoléique extrait des racines de l’ipécacuana (Carapichea ipecacuanha), et possédant des propriétés émétiques dès le dosage de 3 mg pour un homme.

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 émétine

  • émétines plural

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

How do you pronounce émétine?

  • /e.me.tin/
  • \e.me.tin\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to émétine

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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