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)

(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.