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théobromine

French, noun\te.o.bʁɔ.min\

théobromine is spelled T-H-É-O-B-R-O-M-I-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Théobromine is a French feminine noun meaning “theobromine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composé chimique dérivé diméthylé de la xanthine se trouvant dans le cacao, les graines de café, les feuilles…”.

What does théobromine mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetheobromine

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Composé chimique dérivé diméthylé de la xanthine se trouvant dans le cacao, les graines de café, les feuilles de maté, aux effets diurétiques et cardiotoniques et dont la formule brute est C₇H₈N₄O₂.

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 théobromine

  • théobromines plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce théobromine?

  • \te.o.bʁɔ.min\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to théobromine

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is théobromine in French?

théobromine appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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