adenina
Basque
Etymology
From Spanish adenina (“adenine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adenina/ [a.ð̞e.ni.na]
- Rhymes: -ina, -a
- Hyphenation: a‧de‧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
| indefinite | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| 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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
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
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
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “adenina”, in 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[1], number T. 4, nr 21, 1885, page 334
Further reading
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)
Related terms
Further reading
- “adenina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024