lécithine

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέκιθος (lékithos, “egg yolk”) +‎ -ine, coined in 1847 by Théodore Gobley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.si.tin/

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Noun

lécithine f (plural lécithines)

1. (organic chemistry) lecithin

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: lecitina
• → Czech: lecitin
• → Dutch: lecithine
• → English: lecithin
• → Estonian: letsitiin
• → Finnish: lesitiini
• → German: Lecithin
• → Greek: λεκιθίνη (lekithíni)
• → Icelandic: lesitín
• → Irish: leicitin
• → Italian: lecitina
• → Lower Sorbian: lecitin
• → Polish: lecytyna
• → Russian: лецити́н (lecitín)
• → Spanish: lecitina
• → Upper Sorbian: lecitin
• → Welsh: lesithin

Further reading

• “lécithine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.