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. 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
• melaninogenesis
• neuromelanin
• pheomelanin
• phytomelanin
• pyomelanin
• zoomelanin

 

Translations

dark pigment

• Catalan: melanina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑色素 (zh) (hēisèsù)

• Czech: melanin (cs) m
• Esperanto: melanino
• Finnish: melaniini (fi)
• German: Melanin (de) n
• Greek: μελανίνη (el) f (melaníni)
• Ido: melanino (io)
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• Italian: melanina (it) f
• Malay: melanin
• Maori: manauri
• 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

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Czech

Noun

1. melanin

Further reading

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