méthylation
French, noun/me.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
méthylation is spelled M-É-T-H-Y-L-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méthylation is a French feminine noun meaning “methylation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ajout ou substitution d’un groupement méthyle à un substrat”.
What does méthylation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemethylation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ajout ou substitution d’un groupement méthyle à un substrat.
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 méthylation
- méthylations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méthylation?
- /me.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
- \me.ti.la.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to méthylation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is méthylation in French?
méthylation appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).