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tyrosine

French, noun\ti.ʁɔ.zin\

tyrosine is spelled T-Y-R-O-S-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tyrosine is a French feminine noun meaning “tyrosine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acide aminé dont la chaîne latérale est (-CH₂-C₆H₄-OH)”.

What does tyrosine mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetyrosine

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acide aminé dont la chaîne latérale est (-CH₂-C₆H₄-OH).

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 tyrosine

  • tyrosines plural

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

How do you pronounce tyrosine?

  • \ti.ʁɔ.zin\

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

English words that translate to tyrosine

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

How common is tyrosine in French?

tyrosine appears about once in every 5 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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