DNA
See also: dna
English
Noun
DNA (countable and uncountable, plural DNAs)
- (biochemistry) A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acid (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
- (informal) That part of a person's character that has a genetic origin.
- (figurative) The fundamental values or vision of an organization.
Translations
abbreviation of deoxyribonucleic acid (see deoxyribonucleic acid for full forms)
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Proper noun
DNA
Phrase
DNA
- Did not answer
- Did not arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment)
- Did not attend
- Do not assume
- Does not apply
- Drugs 'n' alcohol
- (US, military) Do not arm.
Verb
DNA (third-person singular simple present DNAs, present participle DNAing, simple past and past participle DNAed)
- To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid.
- 2004, Michael Sheridan, Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier, page 194:
- The barrister went on to say that his client remains persecuted and victimised. He has been DNAed; his hair, his blood and his clothes."
- 2008, Matthew Stokoe, Dennis Cooper, High Life, page 261:
- The only way we're gonna know is if we DNA him against the spunk in Karen.
- (US, military) To put under a DNA order because of mental illness.
- 2018, Jeanne Marie Laskas, To Obama, With love, joy, hate and despair, →ISBN, page 239:
- She had her weapons back. She wasn't DNA'd anymore.
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Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄣ ㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dì-en-ei
- Wade–Giles: ti4-ên1-ei1
- Yale: dì-ēn-ēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihenei
- Palladius: диэньэй (dienʹej)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti⁵¹ ˀən⁵⁵ ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) DNA
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
DNA
- Initialism of desoxyribonucleïnezuur (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
DNA
Declension
Inflection of DNA (type maa)
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French
Proper noun
DNA
- Initialism of Dernière Nouvelles d’Alsace (“Latest News from Alsace, a French periodical”).
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Noun
DNA
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
- (genetics, biochemistry) Synonym of デオキシリボ核酸 (deokishiribo-kakusan, “deoxyribonucleic acid”); DNA
See also
- RNA (āru-enu-ē)
Polish
Pronunciation
- Template:pl-IPA-auto
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
DNA m or n (indeclinable)
Further reading
Turkish
Noun
DNA
- Initialism of deoksiribonükleik asit. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
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