xanthine
French, noun/ɡzɑ̃.tin/
xanthine is a French feminine noun meaning “xanthine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composé hétérocyclique intermédiaire dans le métabolisme des purines, formée lors de la dégradation de…”.
What does xanthine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininexanthine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composé hétérocyclique intermédiaire dans le métabolisme des purines, formée lors de la dégradation de l’adénine et de la guanine. 2. Dérivés de la xanthine.
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 xanthine
- xanthines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xanthine?
- /ɡzɑ̃.tin/
- \ɡzɑ̃.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xanthine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xanthine in French?
xanthine appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).