Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xanthein

/ˈzænθiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xan-thein
IPA: /ˈzænθiːn/

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The water-soluble part of the yellow carotenoid pigment present in the cell sap of some plants.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French xantheine, apparently an arbitrary respelling to distinguish it from the similarly spelled xanthine. Ultimately from Ancient Greek; see xanthine. By surface analysis, xanth- + -ein.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: xantheine

Usage

Inflected Forms

xantheins (plural)

Synonyms

xanthin xanthine

Homonyms

xanthene xanthine

Questions

How do you pronounce xanthein?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzænθiːn/.
What does xanthein mean?: The water-soluble part of the yellow carotenoid pigment present in the cell sap of some plants.
Where does xanthein come from?: It is traced to French.

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