séricine
\se.ʁi.sin\
The verdict
“séricine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Protéine agglutinante retenant les filaments de fibroïne, collés entre eux, et que l’on détruit par le décrusage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sericine · séricine · French
séricine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | séricine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.ʁi.sin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « séricine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
séricine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ʁi.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Protéine agglutinante retenant les filaments de fibroïne, collés entre eux, et que l’on détruit par le décrusage.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for séricine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is séricine, spelled S-É-R-I-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Protéine agglutinante retenant les filaments de fibroïne, collés entre eux, et que l’on détruit par le décrusage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how séricine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une bourre de soie sèche, telle qu’on l’obtient par la longue ébullition avec une grande quantité de détergent, comme à l’ordinaire, ne contient que 5% de séricine.
Ce fil double est composé par la fibroïne (env.72-81 %) entourée de la gomme de soie dénommée séricine (env.19-28 %). La séricine est amorphe et se dissout dans les solutions savonneuses chaudes.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.