glycine

See also: Glycine

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) +‎ -ine

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaɪˌsin/

Noun

glycine (countable and uncountable, plural glycines)

(biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C₂H₅NO₂ found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

Synonyms

aminoacetic acid (IUPAC name)
E640 (when used as a flavour enhancer)
Gly (as a monomer in proteins)

Translations

amino acid

Catalan: glicina (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 甘氨酸 (zh) (gān'ānsuān) (chiefly Mainland China), 氨基乙酸 (ānjīyǐsuān) (chiefly Mainland China), 胺基乙酸 (ànjīyǐsuān, ānjīyǐsuān) (Taiwan)
Danish: glycin
Esperanto: glicino
Finnish: glysiini
French: glycine (fr) f
German: Glycin (de) n
Hungarian: glicin
Ido: glicino (io)
Japanese: グリシン (gurishin)
Kazakh: глицин (glisin)
Maori: kairīni
Persian: گلیسین (gelisin)
Polish: glicyna f
Portuguese: glicina f
Romanian: glicină (ro) f
Spanish: glicina (es) f
Swedish: glycin (sv)
Turkish: glisin
Ukrainian: гліци́н m (hlicýn)

References

glycine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡli.sin/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús) +‎ -ine.

Noun

glycine f (plural glycines)

(botany) wisteria

Derived terms

glycine de Chine
glycine du Japon
glycine floribonde
glycine tubéreuse

Noun

glycine f (plural glycines)

(biochemistry) glycine
Synonym: glycocolle

Further reading

“glycine” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
“glycine” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
“glycine” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
“glycine” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
“glycine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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