melanina

Catalan

Etymology

From melano- +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ləˈni.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [me.laˈni.na]

Noun

melanina f (plural melanines)

1. melanin

Derived terms

• eumelanina
• feomelanina
• melànic

Related terms

• melanisme

References

• “melanina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

From melano- +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.laˈni.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: me‧la‧nì‧na

Noun

melanina f (plural melanine)

1. melanin

Derived terms

• eumelanina
• feomelanina
• melaninico

Further reading

• melanina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• alemanni

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.laˈnĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.laˈnĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.laˈni.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.lɐˈni.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: me‧la‧ni‧na

Noun

melanina f (plural melaninas)

1. melanin (natural dark skin pigment)

Spanish

Noun

melanina f (plural melaninas)

1. melanin

Further reading

• “melanina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16