plasmide
French, noun/plas.mid/
plasmide is spelled P-L-A-S-M-I-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plasmide is a French masculine noun meaning “plasmid (circle of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Molécule d'ADN extrachromosomique capable de se répliquer indépendamment et portant des caractères génétiques…”.
What does plasmide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplasmid (circle of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Molécule d'ADN extrachromosomique capable de se répliquer indépendamment et portant des caractères génétiques non essentiels à la cellule hôte.
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 plasmide
- plasmides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plasmide?
- /plas.mid/
- \plas.mid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plasmide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plasmide in French?
plasmide appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).