amine
/əˈmiːn//əˈmiːn/
amine noun: a functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
Noun
amine (plural amines)
- A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
- Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.
amine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Indonesian and Persian
amine in Hindi
- inorganic chemistry: functional group formally derived from ammonia
- तिक्ती tiktī
amine in Tamil
- அமைன், அமீன்
amine in Indonesian
- organic compound containing an amine functional group
- amina
amine in Persian
- organic compound containing an amine functional group
- آمین âmin
Forms of amine
| plural | amines |
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Origin of amine
From ammonia + -ine.
Words formed from amine
- adamantylamine
- alkoxyamine
- alkylamine
- allenylamine
- allylamine
- amidoamine
- aminal
- aminase
- amination
- amine imide
- amine oxide
- aminergic
- amine scrubber
- amine ylide
- aminic
- aminimide
- aminium
- amino-
- aminol
- aminyl
- arylalkylamine
- arylamine
- benzylamine
- bioamine
- butylamine
- chlormethine
- clomifene
- colesevelam
- cyclohexylamine
- cyclopropylamine
- diacylamine
- dialkylamine
- diarylamine
- dicyclomine
- dienamine
- dimenhydrinate
- dinitrodiphenylamine
- dodecylamine
- fluorescamine
- fluoxetine
- fluvoxamine
- fructosamine
- galactopyranosylamine
- galantamine
- gallamine
- glycosylamine
- haloamine
- heptylamine
- hexosamine
- hexylamine
- homoallylamine
- indolamine
- ketamine
- lactosamine
- mecamylamine
- miglitol
- mitoclomine
- naphthylamine
- neuroamine
- nitramine
Phrases with amine
Words that rhyme with amine
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
- lien
Questions about amine
- What does amine mean?
- Amine means a functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
- What is amine in Hindi?
- Amine in Hindi is तिक्ती (tiktī). See Amine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amine?
- Amine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce amine?
- Amine is pronounced /əˈmiːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of amine?
- The plural of amine is amines.
Words near amine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amine (page history and authors); amine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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