purine
French, noun\py.ʁin\
purine is spelled P-U-R-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purine is a French feminine noun meaning “purine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Molécule azotée hétérocyclique constituée d'un cycle pyrimidine fusionné à un cycle imidazole”.
What does purine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Molécule azotée hétérocyclique constituée d'un cycle pyrimidine fusionné à un cycle imidazole. 2. Dérivés de cette molécule.
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 purine
- purines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purine?
- \py.ʁin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to purine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is purine in French?
purine appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).