amino

See also: Amino and amino-

English

Etymology

From the prefix amino-, from amine, from ammonia + -ine.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈmiːnəʊ/, /əˈmaɪnəʊ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈminoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -iːnəʊ, (UK also) -aɪnəʊ

Adjective

amino (not comparable)

  1. (organic chemistry) Relating to an amine.

Translations

Noun

amino (plural aminos)

  1. (organic chemistry) The amine functional group.
  2. (organic chemistry) An amino acid.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.mi.no/
  • Rhymes: -amino
  • Hyphenation: à‧mi‧no

Verb

amino

  1. inflection of amare:
    1. third-person plural subjunctive present
    2. third-person plural imperative

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Japanese

Romanization

amino

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アミノ

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmĩ.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmi.no/

Noun

amino m (plural aminos)

  1. alternative form of amina

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French amino.

Noun

amino n (uncountable)

  1. amino

Declension

Declension of amino
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative amino aminoul
genitive-dative amino aminoului
vocative aminoule

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmino/ [aˈmi.no]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: a‧mi‧no

Adjective

amino (feminine amina, masculine plural aminos, feminine plural aminas)

  1. (chemistry) amino

Noun

amino m (plural aminos)

  1. (chemistry) amino

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