melanin

melanin

See also: Mélanîn

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of μέλας (mélas, “black”) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlənɪn/

Noun

melanin (countable and uncountable, plural melanins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.

Derived terms

• allomelanin
• biomelanin
• dopamelanin
• eumelanin
• melaninogenesis
• neuromelanin
• pheomelanin
• phytomelanin
• pyomelanin
• zoomelanin

 

Related terms

• melanism

Translations

dark pigment

Catalan: melanina f Chinese: Mandarin: 黑色素 (zh) (hēisèsù), 黑素 (zh) (hēisù) Czech: melanin (cs) m Esperanto: melanino Finnish: melaniini (fi) German: Melanin (de) n Greek: μελανίνη (el) f (melaníni) Ido: melanino (io) Italian: melanina (it) f Malay: melanin Maori: manauri Portuguese: melanina (pt) f Romanian: melanină (ro) f Russian: мелани́н (ru) m (melanín) Spanish: melanina (es) f Swedish: melanin (sv) n

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “melanin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Lemnian, lineman

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Czech

Noun

melanin m

1. melanin

Further reading

• melanin in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• melanin in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Swedish

Noun

melanin n

1. (biochemistry) melanin

Declension

Declension of melanin
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	melanin	melaninet	—	—
Genitive	melanins	melaninets	—	—

See also

• färgämne

References

• melanin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• melanin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)