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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)

  1. A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
  2. 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

pluralamines

Plural of amine: amines

Origin of amine

From ammonia + -ine.

Words formed from amine

Phrases with amine

Words that rhyme with amine

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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

  1. amind
  2. Aminda
  3. aminded
  4. Amindivi Islands
  5. aminds
  6. amine
  7. amine imide
  8. amine imides
  9. amine oxide
  10. amine oxides
  11. amine scrubber

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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