porphyrine
French, noun\pɔʁ.fi.ʁin\
porphyrine is spelled P-O-R-P-H-Y-R-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porphyrine is a French feminine noun meaning “porphyrin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Molécule à structure cyclique (noyaux pyrroliques) naturellement fluorescente impliquée dans le transport de…”.
What does porphyrine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineporphyrin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Molécule à structure cyclique (noyaux pyrroliques) naturellement fluorescente impliquée dans le transport de l’oxygène, pouvant jouer le rôle de cofacteur lié (groupement prosthétique) de certaines enzymes et entrant par exemple dans la composition de l’hème de l’hémoglobine, dans les globules rouges et dans la composition de la chlorophylle.
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 porphyrine
- porphyrines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porphyrine?
- \pɔʁ.fi.ʁin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is porphyrine in French?
porphyrine appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).