transmembranaire
\tʁɑ̃s.mɑ̃.bʁa.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“transmembranaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui traverse une membrane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-transmembranaire · transmembranaire · French
transmembranaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | transmembranaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃s.mɑ̃.bʁa.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
transmembranaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɑ̃s.mɑ̃.bʁa.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui traverse une membrane.".
No misspelling variants are generated for transmembranaire in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is transmembranaire, spelled T-R-A-N-S-M-E-M-B-R-A-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui traverse une membrane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how transmembranaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'équipe dirigée par Stanislas Tomavo au CIIL vient d'identifier, chez Toxoplasma gondii, un récepteur transmembranaire de type I, indispensable au trafic intracellulaire des protéines, à la biogenèse des organites apicaux et à la survie du parasite.
Ils ont trouvé que 103 gènes étaient plus exprimés, dont 16 codant des protéines transmembranaires, de bonnes candidates pour identifier et trier les cellules.
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