ghréline
French, noun/ɡʁe.lin/
ghréline is spelled G-H-R-É-L-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ghréline is a French feminine noun meaning “ghrelin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hormone qui stimule l’appétit, sécrétée principalement par les cellules du fundus de l’estomac, et par les…”.
What does ghréline mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineghrelin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hormone qui stimule l’appétit, sécrétée principalement par les cellules du fundus de l’estomac, et par les cellules Epsilon du pancréas, ainsi que dans le noyau arqué de l’hypothalamus moyen, augmentant avant les repas et diminuant après ceux-ci.
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 ghréline
- ghrélines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ghréline?
- /ɡʁe.lin/
- \ɡʁe.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ghréline
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ghréline in French?
ghréline appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).