adenina

See also: adenīna, adenină, adenīnā, and adeniną

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish adenina (“adenine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adenina/ [a.ð̞e.ni.na]
• Rhymes: -ina, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧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
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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

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
• Hyphenation: 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. First attested in 1885.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɛˈɲi.na/

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• 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

• adeninowy

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/

• (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

Related terms

• adenín

Further reading

• “adenina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10