purina
Galician
Noun
purina f (plural purinas)
Coordinate terms
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, inherited from Malay purina, from German Purin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu.ˈri.na/
- Rhymes: -na, -a
- Hyphenation: pu‧ri‧na
Noun
purina (plural purina-purina)
- (organic chemistry) purine: Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids
Usage notes
Although purina is standard form, the form purin has been the dominant form.
Alternative forms
See also
Further reading
- “purina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈri.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: pu‧rì‧na
Noun
purina f (plural purine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- purina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈɾĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /puˈɾi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈɾi.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: pu‧ri‧na
Noun
purina f (plural purinas)
- (organic chemistry) purine (heterocyclic compound composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Purin, from Latin purus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈɾina/ [puˈɾi.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: pu‧ri‧na
Noun
purina f (plural purinas)
- (organic chemistry) purine
- Hyponyms: adenina, guanina
- Coordinate term: pirimidina
Further reading
- “purina”, 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