riboflavin

English

Etymology

ribo(se) +‎ flavin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌraɪboʊˈfleɪvɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪvən

Noun

riboflavin (countable and uncountable, plural riboflavins)

1. (biochemistry) Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a member of the vitamin B complex, that acts as a growth-promoting factor in humans and other animals.

Synonyms

• lactoflavin
• E101 when used as a food colouring
• vitamin B₂
• vitamin G

Translations

the vitamin B₂, riboflavin

• Catalan: riboflavina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: riboflavino
• Estonian: riboflaviin
• Finnish: riboflaviini
• French: riboflavine (fr) f

• German: Riboflavin
• Italian: riboflavina (it) f, vitamina B2 f
• Japanese: リボフラビン (ribofurabin)
• Portuguese: riboflavina (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рибофла̀вӣн m

  Roman: riboflàvīn (sh) m

• Spanish: riboflavina f

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riboflǎʋiːn/
• Hyphenation: ri‧bo‧fla‧vin

Noun

riboflàvīn m (Cyrillic spelling рибофла̀вӣн)

1. riboflavin

Declension

Declension of riboflavin

	singular
nominative	riboflàvīn
genitive	riboflavína
dative	riboflavínu
accusative	riboflàvīn
vocative	rȉboflavīne
locative	riboflavínu
instrumental	riboflavínom