amino

See also: Amino and amino-

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Egyptian jmnbor.

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.

Latin Ammōn

Latin ammoniacusder.

English ammonia

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusder.

Old French -inbor.

Middle English -in

English -ine

English amine

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English amino-

English amino

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈmiːnəʊ/, /əˈmaɪnəʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈminoʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ, (UK also) -aɪnəʊ

Adjective

amino (not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry) Relating to an amine.

Translations

relating to an amine

• Finnish: amino- (fi)
• Japanese: アミノ (amino)
• Korean: 아미노 (amino)
• Spanish: amino (es)

Noun

amino (plural aminos)

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

Translations

the amine functional group

• Catalan: aminat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氨基 (zh) (ānjī)

• Finnish: aminoryhmä (fi)
• Irish: aimín m
• Japanese: アミノ (amino)
• Korean: 아미노 (amino)
• Spanish: amino (es) m

Derived terms

• acetylamino
• acylamino
• alkylamino
• allylamino
• aminate
• amino-
• aminoacetone
• aminoacetophenone
• amino acid
• aminoacidic
• aminoacyl
• aminoacyltransferase
• aminoadenosine
• amino alcohol
• amino aldehyde
• aminoaldehyde
• aminoallyl
• aminobenzene
• aminobenzoic acid
• aminobutyric
• amino carbohydrate
• aminocatalysis
• aminochromone
• aminocyclitol
• aminodeoxysugar
• aminodiphosphine
• aminoester
• aminoethane
• aminoethyl
• aminoguanidine
• aminohexanoic acid
• aminohexyl
• aminohydrolase
• aminohydroxylation
• aminoimidazole
• aminoindanol
• aminoindazole
• aminoketone
• aminolevulinic acid
• aminomethane
• aminomethoxy
• aminomethyl
• aminonaphthol
• aminonicotinamide
• aminonitrile
• aminopenicillin
• aminopentyl
• aminophenanthrene
• aminophenyl
• aminophosphine
• aminophosphonate
• aminopropanal
• aminopropanol
• aminopropyl
• aminoquinoline
• aminosalicylic
• aminosiloxydiene
• aminosterol
• amino sugar
• amino-terminal
• aminothiazole
• aminothiol
• aminotransfer
• aminotransferase
• aminotriazole
• aminotripeptidase
• amprolium
• amrinone
• arylamino
• casamino
• dehydroamino
• dialkylamino
• diamino
• diaminomethylideneamino
• dimethylaminomethyl
• hexylamino
• homoamino
• hydroxyamino
• lipoamino
• methylamino
• minamestane
• minoxidil
• nonamino
• picramic
• polyaminopolycarboxylic acid
• pramipexole
• terbutaline
• tranexamic acid
• triamino
• verapamil

See also

• imino

Anagrams

• Naomi, amnio-, Oinam, amnio, Omani, Miano

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

Anagrams

• -nomia, amnio, animo, animò, imano, mainò, moina, nomai

Japanese

Romanization

amino

1. Rōmaji transcription of アミノ

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmi.nu/

Noun

amino m (plural aminos)

1. alternative form of amina

Further reading

• “amino”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “amino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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/ [aˈmi.no]
• 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

Further reading

• “amino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025