gluten
French, noun/ɡly.tɛn/
gluten is spelled G-L-U-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gluten is a French masculine noun meaning “gluten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réseau de protéines formé lors du pétrissage d’une pâte à base de farine de certaines céréales (comme le…”.
What does gluten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegluten
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réseau de protéines formé lors du pétrissage d’une pâte à base de farine de certaines céréales (comme le blé), lorsque les protéines natives – principalement la gliadine et la gluténine – interagissent en présence d’eau. 2. Matière tenace dont on croyait qu’elle servait à lier ensemble les parties composant un corps solide, tel que les pierres, etc.
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 gluten
- glutens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gluten?
- /ɡly.tɛn/
- \ɡly.tɛn\
- [ɡly.tɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gluten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gluten in French?
gluten appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).