recombinant
French, adjective/ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɑ̃/
recombinant is spelled R-E-C-O-M-B-I-N-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recombinant is a French adjective meaning “recombinant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does recombinant mean in English?
adjective
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recombinant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recombinaison génétique de deux variants d’un virus.
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 recombinant
- recombinante feminine
- recombinants masculine plural
- recombinantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recombinant?
- /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɑ̃/
- \ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recombinant in French?
recombinant 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).