DNA

See also: dna

Contents

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

DNA (countable and uncountable, plural DNAs)

1. (biochemistry) A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acid (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
2. (informal) That part of a person's character that has a genetic origin.
3. (figuratively) The fundamental values or vision of an organization.

Proper nounEdit

DNA

1. Defense Nuclear Agency.

PhraseEdit

DNA

1. Did not answer
2. Did not arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment)
3. Did not attend
4. Do not assume
5. Does not apply
6. Drugs 'n' alcohol

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• chloroplast DNA
• DNA test
• dsDNA
• familial DNA

• gDNA
• junk DNA
• mitochondrial DNA
• mtDNA

• nDNA
• rDNA
• ssDNA

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• GNA
• PNA
• RNA

• TNA
• XNA

TranslationsEdit

abbreviation of deoxyribonucleic acid (see deoxyribonucleic acid for full forms)

• Afrikaans: DNS
• Arabic: دِنَا‏‎ f (dinā)
• Armenian: ԴՆԹ (DNTʿ)
• Catalan: ADN (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: DNA (zh)

• Danish: dna (da)
• Dutch: DNA (nl), DNZ
• Finnish: DNA (fi)
• French: ADN (fr) m
• Galician: ADN m
• German: DNS (de) f, DNA (de) f
• Greek: ΔΝΟ (DNO)
• Hindi: डीएनए (ḍīenae)
• Hungarian: DNS (hu)
• Icelandic: DNA n DKS (is) n
• Interlingua: ADN, DNA
• Italian: DNA (it) m

• Japanese: ＤＮＡ (dī-enu-ē), ディー・エヌ・エー (dī-enu-ē)
• Latvian: DNS
• Lithuanian: DNR
• Macedonian: ДНК (mk) f (DNK)
• Maori: pītau ira
• Polish: DNA (pl)
• Portuguese: ADN (pt) m
• Romanian: ADN m
• Russian: ДНК (ru) f (DNK)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ДНК f

  Roman: DNK f

• Slovak: DNK f, DNA (sk) n
• Slovene: DNK (sl)
• Spanish: ADN (es) m
• Thai: ดีเอ็นเอ
• Turkish: DNA (tr)
• Urdu: ڈی این اے‏‎ (ḍī 'ēn 'ē)

AnagramsEdit

• -and, ADN, AND, DAN, Dan, Dan., NAD, NDA, and, and-, dan, nad

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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InitialismEdit

DNA

1. desoxyribonucleïnezuur (deoxyribonucleic acid)

AnagramsEdit

• dan

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FrenchEdit

AbbreviationEdit

DNA

1. Dernière Nouvelles d'Alsace ("Latest News from Alsace"), a French periodical.

AnagramsEdit

• ADN

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English DNA.

InitialismEdit

DNA

1. DNA

SynonymsEdit

• ADN

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JapaneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English DNA.

PronunciationEdit

• (Tokyo) ディーエヌエ​ー [dìíénúéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [diːe̞nɯ̟ᵝe̞ː]

NounEdit

DNA (katakana ディーエヌエー, rōmaji dīenuē)

1. (genetics, biochemistry) DNA

SynonymsEdit

• デオキシリボ核 (かく)酸 (さん) (deokishiribo-kakusan)

See alsoEdit

• RNA (アールエヌエー) (āruenuē)

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): dɛˈɛ.na

Proper nounEdit

DNA m, n (indeclinable)

1. (genetics, biochemistry) Abbreviation of kwas dezoksyrybonukleinowy.

Further readingEdit

• DNA in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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TurkishEdit

InitialismEdit

DNA (Deoksiribonükleik asit)

1. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)