rétine
French, noun/ʁe.tin/
rétine is a French feminine noun meaning “retina (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Membrane formée par la terminaison du nerf optique dans le fond de l’œil et sur laquelle viennent se former…”.
What does rétine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineretina (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Membrane formée par la terminaison du nerf optique dans le fond de l’œil et sur laquelle viennent se former les images des objets provoquant les sensations lumineuses.
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 rétine
- rétines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rétine?
- /ʁe.tin/
- \ʁe.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 rétine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rétine in French?
rétine appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).