timina
Galician
Noun
timina f (uncountable)
Italian
Noun
timina f (plural timine)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈmĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈmi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tiˈmi.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: ti‧mi‧na
Noun
timina f (plural timinas)
- (biochemistry, genetics) thymine (a base which appears in DNA)
Further reading
- “timina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “timina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Thymin, equivalent to timo (“thymus”) + -ina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈmina/ [t̪iˈmi.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: ti‧mi‧na
Noun
timina f (plural timinas)
- (organic chemistry) thymine
- Hypernym: pirimidina
- Coordinate terms: citosina, uracilo
Further reading
- “timina”, 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