saponine
French, noun/sa.pɔ.nin/
saponine is a French feminine noun meaning “saponin (steroid glycoside)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hétéroside complexe, appartenant aux terpènes cycliques ou aux stéroïdes, se trouvant chez de nombreux…”.
What does saponine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesaponin (steroid glycoside)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hétéroside complexe, appartenant aux terpènes cycliques ou aux stéroïdes, se trouvant chez de nombreux végétaux comme la salsepareille, la saponaire, le quinoa, etc.
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 saponine
- saponines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saponine?
- /sa.pɔ.nin/
- \sa.pɔ.nin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saponine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saponine in French?
saponine 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).