asparagine

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UK/əˈspæɹ.ə.dʒiːn/

noun

A nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃ found in plants such as asparagus.

OriginFrench asparagine ← Latin asparagus →
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Meanings

nounasparagine (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryA nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃ found in plants such as asparagus.

Origin

  1. French-ine
  2. Latinasparagus
  3. Frenchasparagine
  4. Englishasparagine

From French asparagine, from Latin asparagus + French -ine. By surface analysis, asparagus + -ine.

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Translations

Bulgarian аспарагин
  • аспарагин (asparagin)nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Catalan asparagina
  • asparaginanonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Chinese Cantonese 天冬酰胺
  • 天冬酰胺nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Chinese Mandarin 天冬酰胺
  • 天冬酰胺 (tiāndōngxiān'àn)nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Czech asparagin
  • asparaginnonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Esperanto asparagino
  • asparaginononessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Finnish asparagiini
  • asparagiininonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
French asparagine
  • asparaginenonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
German Asparagin
  • Asparaginnonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Greek ασπαραγίνη
  • ασπαραγίνη (asparagíni)nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Hungarian aszparagin
  • aszparaginnonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Japanese アスパラギン
  • アスパラギン (asuparagin)nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Polish asparagina
  • asparaginanonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Portuguese asparagina
  • asparaginanonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Romanian asparagină
  • asparaginănonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Slovak asparagín
  • asparagínnonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Spanish asparagina
  • asparaginanonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3
Cite this entry
APA

asparagine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asparagine

MLA

“asparagine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asparagine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asparagine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asparagine.

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