pléiotrope
French, adjective\ple.jo.tʁɔp\
pléiotrope is spelled P-L-É-I-O-T-R-O-P-E (10 letters). Pléiotrope is a French adjective meaning “pleiotropic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit d’un gène ou d’une protéine dont les rôles sont multiples, qui influence la formation ou l’apparence…”.
What does pléiotrope mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pleiotropic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit d’un gène ou d’une protéine dont les rôles sont multiples, qui influence la formation ou l’apparence de multiples traits.
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 pléiotrope
- pléiotropes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pléiotrope?
- \ple.jo.tʁɔp\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.