adenină

See also: adenina, adenīna, and adenīnā

Romanian

adenină

Etymology

Borrowed from French adénine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.deˈni.nə/

Noun

adenină f (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	adenină	adenina
genitive-dative	adenine	adeninei
vocative	adenină, adenino

Further reading

• “adenină”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025