theine

See also: théine

English

Etymology 1

From French théine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθiː.iːn/, /ˈθeɪ.iːn/, /ˈteɪ.iːn/

Noun

theine (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) Caffeine when present in tea.
Coordinate terms: caffeine, guaranine, mateine
- 2010, Crispian Scully, Medical Problems in Dentistry E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 693:
  Caffeine is called guaranine when found in guarana, mateine when found in mate and theine when found in tea. There is far more caffeine in coffees than in teas.

Translations

Caffeine in tea

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: teiini (fi)
French: théine (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Tein (de) n
Greek: τεΐνη (el) f (teḯni)
Hungarian: tein
Italian: teina f
Portuguese: teína f
Romanian: teină (ro) f
Russian: теи́н (ru) m (teín)
Spanish: teína f
Turkish: tein (tr)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Noun

theine (plural theines)

Obsolete form of thane.

Anagrams

Thiene, ethine, ethnie

Irish

Noun

theine

Obsolete spelling of thine; lenited form of teine.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθʲenʲe/

Noun

theine

Lenited form of teine.

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