glycine

See also: Glycine

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) +‎ -ine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaɪˌsin/

Noun

glycine (countable and uncountable, plural glycines)

1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C₂H₅NO₂ found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

Synonyms

• aminoacetic acid (IUPAC name)
• E640 (when used as a flavour enhancer)
• Gly (as a monomer in proteins)

Translations

amino acid

• Catalan: glicina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甘氨酸 (zh) (gān'ānsuān) (chiefly Mainland China), 氨基乙酸 (ānjīyǐsuān) (chiefly Mainland China), 胺基乙酸 (ànjīyǐsuān, ānjīyǐsuān) (Taiwan)

• Danish: glycin
• Esperanto: glicino
• Finnish: glysiini
• French: glycine (fr) f
• German: Glycin (de) n
• Hungarian: glicin
• Ido: glicino (io)
• Japanese: グリシン (gurishin)
• Kazakh: глицин (glisin)
• Maori: kairīni
• Persian: گلیسین‎ (gelisin)
• Polish: glicyna f
• Portuguese: glicina f
• Romanian: glicină (ro) f
• Spanish: glicina (es) f
• Swedish: glycin (sv)
• Turkish: glisin
• Ukrainian: гліци́н m (hlicýn)

References

• glycine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡli.sin/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús) +‎ -ine.

Noun

glycine f (plural glycines)

1. (botany, usually uncountable) wisteria

Etymology 2

Noun

glycine f (plural glycines)

1. (biochemistry) glycine

Further reading

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