thiamine

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.?

Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion)

Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der.

English thio-

Egyptian jmnbor.

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.

Latin Ammōn

Latin ammoniacusder.

English ammonia

English -ine

English amine

English thiamine

From thio- + amine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaɪ.ə.min/, /ˈθaɪ.ə.mɪn/

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Noun

thiamine (usually uncountable, plural thiamines)

1. (biochemistry) One of the constituents of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast and bran, that is necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates.

Synonyms

• vitamin B₁

Derived terms

• antithiamine
• monophosphothiamine
• thiaminase

Translations

vitamin B₁

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硫胺素 (zh) (liú'ànsù)

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• Finnish: tiamiini (fi)
• French: vitamine B1 (fr) f, thiamine (fr) f
• Georgian: თიამინი (tiamini), ვიტამინი B1 (viṭamini B1)
• Icelandic: þíamín n
• Irish: tiaimín m
• Japanese: チアミン (ja) (chiamin)
• Korean: 티아민 (tiamin)
• Polish: aneuryna f, tiamina (pl) f
• Portuguese: tiamina (pt) f
• Romanian: tiamină (ro) f
• Spanish: tiamina f
• Swahili: vitamini B1

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tja.min/

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Noun

thiamine f (plural thiamines)

1. thiamine

Further reading

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