filipin
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English
Etymology
filipinensis + -in
Noun
filipin (uncountable)
- A potent antifungal chemical first isolated from the actinomycete Streptomyces filipinensis, widely used as a histochemical stain for cholesterol.
Swedish
Etymology
Presumably from German Vielliebchen, but see the etymology for philopena.
Noun
filipin c
- philopena (a game)
- philopena (a nut or almond with double kernel)
Declension
| Declension of filipin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | filipin | filipinen | filipiner | filipinerna |
| Genitive | filipins | filipinens | filipiners | filipinernas |