gentamicine
French, noun/ʒɑ̃.ta.mi.sin/
gentamicine is spelled G-E-N-T-A-M-I-C-I-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gentamicine is a French feminine noun meaning “gentamicin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Antibiotique bactéricide de la famille des aminoglycosides (aminosides) naturels, produit par une bactérie…”.
What does gentamicine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegentamicin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Antibiotique bactéricide de la famille des aminoglycosides (aminosides) naturels, produit par une bactérie nommée Micromonospora purpurea.
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 gentamicine
- gentamicines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gentamicine?
- /ʒɑ̃.ta.mi.sin/
- \ʒɑ̃.ta.mi.sin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gentamicine in French?
gentamicine appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).