melanin

See also: Mélanîn

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of μέλας (mélas, “black”) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlənɪn/

Noun

melanin (countable and uncountable, plural melanins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.

Derived terms

• allomelanin
• biomelanin
• dopamelanin
• eumelanin
• melanin-challenged
• melaninogenesis
• neuromelanin
• pheomelanin
• phytomelanin
• pyomelanin
• zoomelanin

 

Related terms

• melanism

Translations

dark pigment

• Catalan: melanina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑色素 (zh) (hēisèsù), 黑素 (zh) (hēisù)

• Czech: melanin (cs) m
• Dutch: melanine (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: melanino
• Finnish: melaniini (fi)
• French: mélanine (fr) f
• German: Melanin (de) n
• Greek: μελανίνη (el) f (melaníni)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: melanino (io)
• Italian: melanina (it) f
• Japanese: メラニン (meranin)
• Korean: 멜라닌 (mellanin)
• Malay: melanin
• Maori: manauri
• Polish: melanina (pl) f
• Portuguese: melanina (pt) f
• Romanian: melanină (ro) f
• Russian: мелани́н (ru) m (melanín)
• Spanish: melanina (es) f
• Swedish: melanin (sv) n

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “melanin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Lemnian, lineman

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛlanɪn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛlaniːn]

Noun

melanin m inan

1. melanin

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “melanin”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “melanin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Swedish

Noun

melanin n

1. (biochemistry) melanin

Declension

Declension of melanin
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	melanin	melaninet	—	—
Genitive	melanins	melaninets	—	—

See also

• färgämne

References

• melanin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• melanin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)