RNA

See also: -rna and rna

English

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Noun

RNA (countable and uncountable, plural RNAs)

1. (biochemistry) Initialism of ribonucleic acid.
   • 2006 June 20, Nicholas Wade, “DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Looked at from RNA’s point of view, DNA is just a passive archive of information, a dull hunk of a telephone directory; it is RNA that looks up the numbers, establishes the connections and determines how long each call will last.

Derived terms

• aiRNA
• A-RNA
• asRNA
• bacRNA
• cfRNA
• chiRNA
• ctRNA
• dsRNA
• gRNA
• lhRNA
• lRNA
• macroRNA
• microRNA
• miRNA
• miscRNA
• modRNA
• mRNA, messenger RNA
• mtRNA
• nanoRNA
• ncRNA
• nsRNA
• pgRNA
• rasiRNA
• RNAemia
• RNA expression profile
• RNA interference
• saRNA
• satsiRNA
• sdRNA
• siRNA
• small interfering RNA
• smRNA
• ssRNA
• tmRNA
• tRNA, transfer RNA
• vcRNA
• vRNA
• Z-RNA

Related terms

• DNA
• GNA
• PNA
• TNA
• XNA

Translations

abbreviation of ribonucleic acid

Bulgarian: РНК f (RNK) (рибонуклеинова киселина (ribonukleinova kiselina)) Catalan: ARN (ca) m Finnish: RNA (fi) (ribonukleiinihappo (fi)) French: ARN (fr) m Georgian: რნმ (rnm) German: RNS (de) f (Ribonukleinsäure (de) f) Greek: RNA (el) n Hungarian: RNS Icelandic: RKS (is) Italian: RNA (it) m, ARN m Japanese: RNA (ja) (āru-enu-ē) Khmer: អអិនអេ (ʼɑɑ ʼən ʼee) Latvian: RNS f (ribonukleīnskābe) Macedonian: РНК f (RNK) (рибонуклеинска киселина f (ribonukleinska kiselina)) Maori: tuipūmua Polish: RNA (pl) n Portuguese: RNA (pt) m, ARN (pt) m Romanian: ARN n Russian: РНК (ru) f (RNK) (рибонуклеи́новая кислота́ (ru) (ribonukleínovaja kislotá)) Slovak: RNK f (ribonukleová kyselina) Spanish: ARN (es) m (ácido ribonucleico (es)) Swedish: RNA (sv) n Thai: อาร์เอ็นเอ

Further reading

• RNA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Arn, NRA, Nar, RAN, Ran, ran

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English RNA, from ribonucleic acid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛʁʔɛnˈʔaː]

• Audio:

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Noun

RNA f (genitive RNA, no plural)

1. (molecular biology) RNA, synonym of Ribonukleinsäure

Further reading

• “RNA” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

Etymology

From English RNA.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) アールエヌエー [àárúénúéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [6])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ːɾɯ̟e̞nɯ̟e̞ː]

Noun

RNA(アールエヌエー) • (āru-enu-ē) 

1. (genetics, biochemistry) synonym of リボ核酸 (ribo-kakusan, “ribonucleic acid”); RNA

See also

• D(ディー)N(エヌ)A(エー) (dī-enu-ē)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

RNA

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English RNA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛr.ɛnˈa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: R‧N‧A

Noun

RNA m inan or n (indeclinable)

1. (genetics, molecular biology) abbreviation of kwas rybonukleinowy

   Synonym: kwas rybonukleinowy

Further reading

• RNA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• RNA in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English RNA.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈẽ.ni ˈa/ [ˈɛ.hi ˈẽ.ni ˈa]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈẽ.ni ˈa/ [ˈɛ.hi ˈẽ.ni ˈa]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈẽ.ni ˈa/ [ˈɛ.χi ˈẽ.ni ˈa]
  • (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁe ˈe.ne ˈa/ [ˈɛ.he ˈe.ne ˈa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛˌʁ‿ɛˈn‿a/

Noun

RNA m (plural RNAs)

1. alternative form of ARN

Spanish

Noun

RNA m (plural RNA)

1. RNA

Further reading

• “RNA”, 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

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

RNA

Wikipedia ^sv

Alternative forms

• rna

Noun

RNA n

1. (biochemistry) RNA

   Synonym: ribonukleinsyra

Declension

Declension of RNA

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	RNA	RNA:s
	definite	RNA:t	RNA:ts
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• DNA

References

• RNA in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• RNA in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Noun

RNA

1. "Ribonükleik asit", ribonucleic acid.