amino

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See also: Amino and amino-

English

Etymology

From the prefix amino-, from amine, from ammonia + -ine.

Pronunciation

Adjective

amino (not comparable)

  1. (organic chemistry) Relating to an amine.

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Noun

amino (plural aminos)

  1. (organic chemistry) The amine functional group.
  2. (organic chemistry) An amino acid.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.mi.no/
  • Rhymes: -amino
  • Hyphenation: à‧mi‧no

Verb

amino

  1. inflection of amare:
    1. third-person plural subjunctive present
    2. third-person plural imperative

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Japanese

Romanization

amino

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アミノ

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Noun

amino m (plural aminos)

  1. Alternative form of amina

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French amino.

Noun

amino n (uncountable)

  1. amino

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative amino aminoul
genitive-dative amino aminoului
vocative aminoule

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmino/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: a‧mi‧no

Adjective

amino (feminine amina, masculine plural aminos, feminine plural aminas)

  1. (chemistry) amino

Noun

amino m (plural aminos)

  1. (chemistry) amino

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