asparagine

English

Etymology

From French asparagine, from Latin asparagus + French -ine. By surface analysis, asparagus +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈspæɹ.ə.dʒiːn/

Noun

asparagine (uncountable)

2. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃ found in plants such as asparagus.

   Alternative forms: aspargine; Asn, N (symbols)

   Hypernym: amino acid

   Coordinate terms: Asp, D, aspartic acid, aspartate

Related terms

• asparaginase
• asparaginate, asparaginate
• asparaginic
• asparaginic acid
• asparaginyl
• asparagus
• asparagusate
• asparagusic acid
• aspartate
• aspartic
• aspartic acid
• isoasparagine
• polyasparagine

Translations

nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃

• Bulgarian: аспарагин m (asparagin)
• Catalan: asparagina f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 天冬酰胺 (tin¹ dung¹ sin¹ on¹)

  Mandarin: 天冬酰胺 (tiāndōngxiān'àn)

• Czech: asparagin m
• Esperanto: asparagino
• Finnish: asparagiini
• French: asparagine (fr) f
• German: Asparagin (de) n
• Greek: ασπαραγίνη (el) f (asparagíni)
• Hungarian: aszparagin (hu)
• Ido: asparagino (io)
• Japanese: アスパラギン (ja) (asuparagin)
• Kazakh: аспарагин (asparagin)
• Mongolian: аспарагин (asparagin)
• Polish: asparagina (pl) f
• Portuguese: asparagina f
• Romanian: asparagină f
• Slovak: asparagín m
• Spanish: asparagina (es) f

French

Etymology

From Latin asparagus +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

asparagine f (plural asparagines)

1. (biochemistry) asparagine

Descendants

• → English: asparagine

Further reading

• “asparagine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Noun

asparagine f

1. plural of asparagina