adenina
See also: adenīna, adenină, adenīnā, and adeniną
Basque
Etymology
From Spanish adenina (“adenine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adenina/, [a.ð̞e̞.ni.na]
Noun
adenina inan
- (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)
Declension
| Declension of adenina (inanimate, singular only, ending in -a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | adenina | adenina | — |
| ergative | — | adeninak | — |
| dative | — | adeninari | — |
| genitive | — | adeninaren | — |
| comitative | — | adeninarekin | — |
| causative | — | adeninarengatik | — |
| benefactive | — | adeninarentzat | — |
| instrumental | adeninaz | adeninaz | — |
| inessive | — | adeninan | — |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | — | — | — |
| terminative | — | — | — |
| directive | — | — | — |
| destinative | — | — | — |
| ablative | — | — | — |
| partitive | adeninarik | — | — |
| prolative | adeninatzat | — | — |
Further reading
- "adenina" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Galician
Noun
adenina f (uncountable)
- (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)
Italian
Etymology
From adeno- + -ina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.deˈni.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: a‧de‧nì‧na
Noun
adenina f (plural adenine)
- (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)
- Synonym: vitamina B4
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + -ina.[1][2] First attested in 1885.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dɛˈɲi.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: a‧de‧ni‧na
Noun
adenina f
- (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)
- nukleotydy adeniny ― adenine nucleotides
Declension
Declension of adenina
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | adenina |
| genitive | adeniny |
| dative | adeninie |
| accusative | adeninę |
| instrumental | adeniną |
| locative | adeninie |
| vocative | adenino |
Derived terms
adjective
- adeninowy
References
- Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “adenina”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- Wszechświat : tygodnik popularny poświęcony naukom przyrodniczym, issue T. 4, nr 21, 1885, page 334
- Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN
Further reading
- adenina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- adenina in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Portuguese
Etymology
From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + -ina.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.deˈnĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.deˈni.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɨˈni.nɐ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈni.nɐ]
- Hyphenation: a‧de‧ni‧na
Noun
adenina f (plural adeninas)
- (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδένος (adénos, “gland”) + -ina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adeˈnina/ [a.ð̞eˈni.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: a‧de‧ni‧na
Noun
adenina f (plural adeninas)
- (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)
- Hypernym: purina
- Coordinate term: guanina
Related terms
- adenín
Further reading
- “adenina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014