insuline
French, noun/ɛ̃.sy.lin/
insuline is spelled I-N-S-U-L-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insuline is a French feminine noun meaning “insulin (polypeptide hormone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Protéine hormonale (polypeptide) hypoglycémiante produite par le pancréas, et dont le rôle est de permettre…”.
What does insuline mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinsulin (polypeptide hormone)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Protéine hormonale (polypeptide) hypoglycémiante produite par le pancréas, et dont le rôle est de permettre la mise en réserve, dans le foie ou les muscles, du sucre présent dans le sang.
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 insuline
- insulines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insuline?
- /ɛ̃.sy.lin/
- \ɛ̃.sy.lin\
- [ɛ̃.sy.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 insuline
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insuline in French?
insuline appears 2.1 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).