méthionine
French, noun\me.tjo.nin\
méthionine is spelled M-É-T-H-I-O-N-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 89,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méthionine is a French feminine noun meaning “methionine (amino acid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acide aminé soufré non polaire (acide 2-amino-4-(méthylsulfanyl)butanoïque) qui joue un rôle critique dans la…”.
What does méthionine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemethionine (amino acid)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acide aminé soufré non polaire (acide 2-amino-4-(méthylsulfanyl)butanoïque) qui joue un rôle critique dans la reproduction, la survie cellulaire, la méthylation des protéines et de l'ADN.
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 méthionine
- méthionines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méthionine?
- \me.tjo.nin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to méthionine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is méthionine in French?
méthionine appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).