riboflavin

English

Etymology

ribo(se)- +‎ flavin

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌraɪboʊˈfleɪvɪn/
Rhymes: -eɪvən

Noun

riboflavin (countable and uncountable, plural riboflavins)

(biochemistry) Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a member of the vitamin B complex, that acts as a growth-promoting factor in humans and other animals.

Synonyms

Derived terms

riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate

Translations

the vitamin B₂, riboflavin

Catalan: riboflavina (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 核黃素／核黄素 (zh) (héhuángsù)
Esperanto: riboflavino
Estonian: riboflaviin
Finnish: riboflaviini
French: riboflavine (fr) f
German: Riboflavin
Italian: riboflavina (it) f, vitamina B2 f
Japanese: リボフラビン (ribofurabin)
Polish: ryboflawina (pl) f
Portuguese: riboflavina (pt) f
Romanian: riboflavină (ro) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рибофла̀вӣн m

Roman: riboflàvīn (sh) m
Slovak: riboflavín m
Spanish: riboflavina f
Swahili: riboflauini

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /riboflǎʋiːn/
Hyphenation: ri‧bo‧fla‧vin

Noun

riboflàvīn m (Cyrillic spelling рибофла̀вӣн)

riboflavin

Declension

Declension of riboflavin

	singular
nominative	riboflàvīn
genitive	riboflavína
dative	riboflavínu
accusative	riboflàvīn
vocative	rȉboflavīne
locative	riboflavínu
instrumental	riboflavínom

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