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fuchsine

French, noun/fyk.sin/

fuchsine is a French feminine noun meaning “fuchsine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chlorhydrate de rosaniline, matière colorante rouge magenta”.

What does fuchsine mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefuchsine

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est coloré avec de la fuchsine.

noun: 1. Chlorhydrate de rosaniline, matière colorante rouge magenta.

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 fuchsine

  • fuchsines plural
  • fuchsinés plural masculine
  • fuchsinée singular feminine
  • fuchsinées plural feminine

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

How do you pronounce fuchsine?

  • /fyk.sin/
  • \fyk.si.ne\
  • \fy.ksin\

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

How common is fuchsine in French?

fuchsine appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).