Meanings
nounazepine (plural azepines)
plural azepines
- chemistryAn unsaturated seven-membered heterocycle having six carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom and three double bonds
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
- Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
- Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
- Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
- Frenchazote
- Englishazote
- Englishaz-
- Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
- Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
- Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
- Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
- Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
- Frenchhepta-
- Englishazepine
az- (“nitrogen-substituted”) + -epine (from French hepta- (“seven-membered”) + -ine)
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APA
azepine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azepine
MLA
“azepine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azepine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “azepine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azepine.
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