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Translingual
Etymology 1
Symbol
ADN
- (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Andes Airport, which serves Andes, Antioquia, Colombia.
Etymology 2
Symbol
ADN
- (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Aden.
- Synonym: YEM (for general use, as Yemen)
Usage notes
This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO.
English
Proper noun
ADN
- Initialism of Advanced Digital Network.
- Initialism of Alliance Defense Network.
Noun
ADN (uncountable)
- Initialism of ammonium dinitramide.
- Initialism of application delivery network.
Anagrams
- -and, -dan, AND, DAN, DNA, Dan, Dan., NAD, NDA, and, and-, dan, dna, nad
Catalan
Noun
ADN m (uncountable)
- Initialism of àcid desoxiribonucleic (“DNA”).
French
Pronunciation
Noun
ADN m (plural ADN)
- (biology, genetics) Initialism of acide désoxyribonucléique (“DNA”).
- La police a recours à l'analyse ADN pour identifier les criminels. (Police resort to DNA analysis in order to identify criminals.)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).
Noun
ADN m (invariable)
- (biochemistry) Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
Italian
Noun
ADN m
- (biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of acido desossiribonucleico; DNA
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ADN m (plural ADNs)
- DNA
- Synonym: DNA
Romanian
Noun
ADN
- (biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of acid dezoxiribonucleic; DNA
Spanish
Etymology
Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ADN m
- (biochemistry) Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
Further reading
Vietnamese
Etymology
Borrowed from French ADN.
Pronunciation
Noun
ADN
- (biochemistry) DNA