actina
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akˈti.na/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: ac‧tì‧na
Noun
actina f (plural actine)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) and the chemical suffix -ina.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /akˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/, /a.kiˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /akˈt͡ʃi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈkti.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: ac‧ti‧na
Noun
actina f (plural actinas)
- actin (a globular structural protein)
Further reading
- “actina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “actina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡˈtina/ [aɣ̞ˈt̪i.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: ac‧ti‧na
Noun
actina f (plural actinas)
- (biochemistry) actin (a globular structural protein)
- Coordinate term: miosina
Further reading
- “actina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “actina” in Diccionario de términos médicos, Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, 2012.