taurine

See also: Taurine

English

Etymology 1

From Latin taurīnus, from taurus (“bull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹaɪn/

Adjective

taurine (comparative more taurine, superlative most taurine)

1. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     I am the Ionian Minotaur, the mightiest
     Of all Europa’s taurine progeny—
     I am the old traditional Man-Bull;

Translations

bull-like

• Catalan: taurí
• Galician: taurino m, taurina f
• Italian: taurino
• Portuguese: taurino (pt) m, taurina f
• Spanish: taurino
• Welsh: tarwaidd

Etymology 2

Structure diagram of taurine

From taur(ocholic) +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹiːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiːn

Noun

taurine (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH₂CH₂CH₂SO₃H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.

   Synonym: tauric acid

Translations

amino-sulfonic acid

• Armenian: տաուրին (hy) (taurin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛磺酸 (zh) (niúhuángsuān)

• Esperanto: taŭrino
• Finnish: tauriini (fi)
• German: Taurin n
• Hungarian: taurin (hu)
• Japanese: タウリン (taurin)
• Russian: таури́н m (taurín)
• Spanish: taurina (es) f
• Turkish: taurin
• Welsh: tawrin m

Anagrams

• Iturean, ruinate, uranite, urinate

Italian

Adjective

taurine

1. feminine plural of taurino

Anagrams

• Rutenia, unterai, uretani, urinate, uterina

Latin

Adjective

taurīne

1. vocative masculine singular of taurīnus