pectine
French, noun\pɛk.ti.ne\
pectine is a French feminine noun meaning “pectin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Polyoside rattachée aux glucides composée d'une chaîne principale d'acide uronique lié en 1-4, acide…”.
What does pectine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepectin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la forme d'un peigne. 2. Qui a une surface peignée.
noun: 1. Polyoside rattachée aux glucides composée d'une chaîne principale d'acide uronique lié en 1-4, acide polygalacturonique en zig-zag, polymère de polysaccharides acides.
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 pectine
- pectines plural
- pectinés plural masculine
- pectinée singular feminine
- pectinées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pectine?
- \pɛk.ti.ne\
- \pɛk.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pectine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pectine in French?
pectine 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).