esculine
French, noun\ɛs.ky.lin\
esculine is spelled E-S-C-U-L-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esculine is a French feminine noun meaning “esculin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hétéroside toxique et anticoagulant issu de l’écorce du marronnier d’Inde, (Aesculus hippocastanum.L). Son…”.
What does esculine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineesculin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hétéroside toxique et anticoagulant issu de l’écorce du marronnier d’Inde, (Aesculus hippocastanum.L). Son aglycone est l’esculétine, un dérivé de la coumarine, et son glucide le glucose.
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 esculine
- esculines plural
- æsculine archaic
- œsculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esculine?
- \ɛs.ky.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esculine in French?
esculine appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).