phénylalanine
French, noun\fe.ni.la.la.nin\
phénylalanine is spelled P-H-É-N-Y-L-A-L-A-N-I-N-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phénylalanine is a French feminine noun meaning “phenylalanine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des huit acides aminés essentiels de l'être humain. Elle est transformée en tyrosine par la phénylalanine…”.
What does phénylalanine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephenylalanine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un des huit acides aminés essentiels de l'être humain. Elle est transformée en tyrosine par la phénylalanine hydroxylase.
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 phénylalanine
- phénylalanines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phénylalanine?
- \fe.ni.la.la.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 phénylalanine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phénylalanine in French?
phénylalanine appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).