pyrimidine

English

Etymology

First attested in 1885. From German Pyrimidin, from German Pyridin (“pyridine”), with the insertion of -mi- from amidine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɪˈɹɪ.mɪˌdiːn/, /pɪˈɹɪ.mɪˌdiːn/

Noun

Structural formula of pyrimidine.

pyrimidine (plural pyrimidines)

(organic chemistry) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA: thymine, uracil and cytosine

Hypernyms

diazine

Derived terms

Translations

diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta-positions

Chinese:
Cantonese: 嘧啶 (mat⁶ ding⁶)

Mandarin: 嘧啶 (zh) (mìdìng)
Finnish: pyrimidiini (fi)
French: pyrimidine (fr) f
Galician: pirimidina (gl) f
Italian: pirimidina (it) f
Japanese: ピリミジン (pirimijin)
Kazakh: пиримидин (pirimidin)
Korean: 피리미딘 (pirimidin)
Spanish: pirimidina f

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

pyrimidine f (plural pyrimidines)

pyrimidine

Further reading

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

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