xanthane
French, noun/ɡzɑ̃.tan/
xanthane is a French masculine noun meaning “xanthan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Additif alimentaire (code E415) servant d’épaississant fabriqué en cultures par des bactéries du genre…”.
What does xanthane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinexanthan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Additif alimentaire (code E415) servant d’épaississant fabriqué en cultures par des bactéries du genre Xanthomonas.
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 xanthane
- xanthanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xanthane?
- /ɡzɑ̃.tan/
- \ɡzɑ̃.tan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is xanthane in French?
xanthane appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).