thyroxine
French, noun
thyroxine is spelled T-H-Y-R-O-X-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thyroxine is a French feminine noun meaning “thyroxine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hormone iodée produite par les cellules folliculaires de la thyroïde, précurseur de la triiodothyronine, qui…”.
What does thyroxine mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hormone iodée produite par les cellules folliculaires de la thyroïde, précurseur de la triiodothyronine, qui régule le métabolisme de base en stimulant la consommation d’oxygène et la production d’énergie dans les cellules.
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 thyroxine
- thyroxines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thyroxine?
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to thyroxine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is thyroxine in French?
thyroxine appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).