santonine
French, noun/sɑ̃.tɔ.nin/
santonine is spelled S-A-N-T-O-N-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santonine is a French feminine noun meaning “santonin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des noms vernaculaires de l’armoise Artemisia cina dont est extrait un principe vermifuge”.
What does santonine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesantonin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un des noms vernaculaires de l’armoise Artemisia cina dont est extrait un principe vermifuge. 2. Principe extrait de l’armoise, avec des propriétés vermifuges. Il se présente en cristaux prismatiques fusibles à 170°C, de formule brute C₁₅H₁₈O₃.
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 santonine
- santonines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce santonine?
- /sɑ̃.tɔ.nin/
- \sɑ̃.tɔ.nin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is santonine in French?
santonine appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).