lécithine
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French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λέκιθος (lékithos, “egg yolk”) + -ine, coined in 1847 by Théodore Gobley.
Pronunciation
Noun
lécithine f (plural lécithines)
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 , 2012.