adenina

See also: adenīna, adenină, adenīnā, and adeniną

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish adenina (“adenine”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /adenina/, [a.ð̞e̞.ni.na]

Noun

adenina inan

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)

Declension
Declension of adenina (inanimate, singular only, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
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], euskaltzaindia.eus

Galician

Noun

adenina f (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)

Italian

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.deˈni.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: a‧de‧nì‧na

Noun

adenina f (plural adenine)

  1. (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

  1. (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
  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “adenina”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. Wszechświat : tygodnik popularny poświęcony naukom przyrodniczym‎, issue T. 4, nr 21, 1885, page 334
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading
  • adenina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • adenina in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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)

  1. (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)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)
    Hypernym: purina
    Coordinate term: guanina

Further reading
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