lignin

See also: Lignin

English

Etymology

From Latin lignum (“wood”) +‎ -in.

Noun

lignin (usually uncountable, plural lignins)

1. (organic chemistry) A complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood.

Translations

aromatic polymer

• Czech: lignin m
• Dutch: lignine (nl)
• Esperanto: lignino
• Estonian: ligniin
• Finnish: ligniini (fi)
• German: Lignin (de) m
• Greek: λιγνίνη (el) f (ligníni)
• Hungarian: lignin (hu)
• Portuguese: lignina (pt) f, lenhina f
• Spanish: lignina (es) f

Further reading

• lignin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lining

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪɡnɪn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪɡniːn]

Noun

lignin m inan

1. lignin

Declension

Declension of lignin (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	lignin	ligniny
genitive	ligninu	ligninů
dative	ligninu	ligninům
accusative	lignin	ligniny
vocative	lignine	ligniny
locative	ligninu	ligninech
instrumental	ligninem	ligniny

Hungarian

Etymology

From English lignin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliɡnin]
• Hyphenation: lig‧nin
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

lignin (plural ligninek)

1. (organic chemistry) lignin (complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lignin	ligninek
accusative	lignint	lignineket
dative	ligninnek	lignineknek
instrumental	ligninnel	ligninekkel
causal-final	ligninért	ligninekért
translative	ligninné	ligninekké
terminative	ligninig	ligninekig
essive-formal	ligninként	ligninekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ligninben	ligninekben
superessive	ligninen	lignineken
adessive	ligninnél	lignineknél
illative	ligninbe	ligninekbe
sublative	ligninre	ligninekre
allative	ligninhez	ligninekhez
elative	ligninből	ligninekből
delative	ligninről	ligninekről
ablative	lignintől	ligninektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	ligniné	lignineké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ligninéi	ligninekéi

Possessive forms of lignin
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ligninem	ligninjeim
2nd person sing.	lignined	ligninjeid
3rd person sing.	ligninje	ligninjei
1st person plural	ligninünk	ligninjeink
2nd person plural	ligninetek	ligninjeitek
3rd person plural	ligninjük	ligninjeik

Further reading

• lignin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• lignin in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).