résorcine
French, noun/ʁe.zɔʁ.sin/
résorcine is spelled R-É-S-O-R-C-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Résorcine is a French feminine noun meaning “resorcinol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Principe naturel obtenu synthétiquement par l’oxydation indirecte du benzène”.
What does résorcine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresorcinol
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Principe naturel obtenu synthétiquement par l’oxydation indirecte du benzène.
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 résorcine
- résorcines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce résorcine?
- /ʁe.zɔʁ.sin/
- \ʁə.zɔʁ.sin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is résorcine in French?
résorcine appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).