ADN

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

ADN

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Andes Airport, which serves Andes, Antioquia, Colombia.

Etymology 2

Symbol

ADN

1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Aden.

   Synonym: YEM (for general use, as Yemen)

Usage notes

This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO.

English

Noun

ADN (countable and uncountable, plural ADNs)

1. Initialism of ammonium dinitramide.
2. Initialism of application delivery network.
3. Initialism of auditory disability with normal hearing.

Proper noun

ADN

1. Initialism of Advanced Digital Network.
2. Initialism of Alliance Defense Network.

Anagrams

• -and, -dan, AND, DAN, DNA, Dan, Dan., NAD, NDA, and, and-, dan, dna, nad

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

ADN m (uncountable)

1. initialism of àcid desoxiribonucleic (“DNA”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.de.ɛn/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

  (file)

Noun

ADN m (invariable)

1. (biology, genetics) initialism of acide désoxyribonucléique (“DNA”)

   La police a recours à l'analyse ADN pour identifier les criminels. (Police resort to DNA analysis in order to identify criminals.)

Derived terms

• virus à ADN

Anagrams

• DNA

Galician

Etymology

Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).

Noun

ADN m (invariable)

1. (biochemistry) initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Italian

Noun

ADN m

1. (biochemistry, genetics) initialism of acido desossiribonucleico; DNA

Anagrams

• DNA

Portuguese

Etymology

Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa ˈde ˈẽ.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa ˈde ˈẽ.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa ˈde ˈe.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa ˈde ˈɛ.nɨ/ [ˈa ˈðe ˈɛ.nɨ]

Noun

ADN m (plural ADNs)

1. DNA

   Synonym: DNA

Further reading

• “ADN”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ADN”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Noun

ADN n (plural ADN-uri)

1. (biochemistry, genetics) initialism of acid dezoxiribonucleic; DNA

Spanish

Etymology

Initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico (“deoxyribonucleic acid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌa ˌde ˈene/ [ˌa ˌð̞e ˈe.ne]

Noun

ADN m

1. (biochemistry) initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Further reading

• “ADN”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ADN.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ʔɗe˧˧ ʔɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ʔɗej˧˧ ʔɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ʔɗej˧˧ ʔɛŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: a đê en

• Audio (Saigon):

  (file)

Noun

ADN

1. (biochemistry) DNA