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)
- (organic chemistry) Relating to an amine.
Translations
relating to an amine
Noun
amino (plural aminos)
- (organic chemistry) The amine functional group.
- (organic chemistry) An amino acid.
Translations
the amine functional group
Derived terms
- acetylamino
- acylamino
- alkylamino
- allylamino
- aminate
- amino-
- aminoacetone
- aminoacetophenone
- amino acid
- aminoacidic
- aminoacyl
- aminoacyltransferase
- aminoadenosine
- amino alcohol
- amino aldehyde
- aminoaldehyde
- aminoallyl
- aminobenzene
- aminobenzoic acid
- aminobutyric
- amino carbohydrate
- aminocatalysis
- aminochromone
- aminocyclitol
- aminodeoxysugar
- aminodiphosphine
- aminoester
- aminoethane
- aminoethyl
- aminoguanidine
- aminohexanoic acid
- aminohexyl
- aminohydrolase
- aminohydroxylation
- aminoimidazole
- aminoindanol
- aminoindazole
- aminoketone
- aminolevulinic acid
- aminomethane
- aminomethoxy
- aminomethyl
- aminonaphthol
- aminonicotinamide
- aminonitrile
- aminopenicillin
- aminopentyl
- aminophenanthrene
- aminophenyl
- aminophosphine
- aminophosphonate
- aminopropanal
- aminopropanol
- aminopropyl
- aminoquinoline
- aminosalicylic
- aminosiloxydiene
- aminosterol
- amino sugar
- amino-terminal
- aminothiazole
- aminothiol
- aminotransfer
- aminotransferase
- aminotriazole
- aminotripeptidase
- amprolium
- amrinone
- arylamino
- casamino
- dehydroamino
- dialkylamino
- diamino
- diaminomethylideneamino
- dimethylaminomethyl
- hexylamino
- homoamino
- hydroxyamino
- lipoamino
- methylamino
- minamestane
- minoxidil
- nonamino
- picramic
- polyaminopolycarboxylic acid
- pramipexole
- terbutaline
- tranexamic acid
- triamino
- verapamil
See also
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.mi.no/
- Rhymes: -amino
- Hyphenation: à‧mi‧no
Verb
amino
- inflection of amare:
- third-person plural subjunctive present
- third-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
amino
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmĩ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmi.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmi.nu/
Noun
amino m (plural aminos)
- alternative form of amina
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
amino n (uncountable)
Declension
| 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)
Noun
amino m (plural aminos)
Further reading
- “amino”, 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