"carotene" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: carotenes [plural]
Etymology: From car(r)ot + -ene. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|carrot|ene|alt1=car(r)ot}} car(r)ot + -ene Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} carotene (countable and uncountable, plural carotenes)
  1. (organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Translations (class of plant pigments): carotè [masculine] (Catalan), 胡蘿蔔素 (Chinese Mandarin), 胡萝卜素 (húluóbosù) (Chinese Mandarin), caroteen [neuter] (Dutch), karoteno (Esperanto), karoteen (Estonian), karotiin [obsolete] (Estonian), karoteeni (Finnish), carotène [masculine] (French), caroteno [masculine] (Galician), Karotin [neuter] (German), Carotin [neuter] (German), karotino (Ido), carotene [masculine] (Italian), カロテン (karoten) (Japanese), カロチン (karochin) (Japanese), каротин (karotin) (Kazakh), karoten [masculine] (Polish), caroteno [masculine] (Portuguese), кароти́н (karotín) [masculine] (Russian), caroteno [masculine] (Spanish), karotini (Swahili), karoten [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-carotene-en-noun-zWp9FByE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ene Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ene: 59 41 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'class of plant pigments': 95 5
  2. (organic chemistry) Specifically, a number of isomers of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C₄₀H₅₆, (especially beta-carotene), present in carrots etc, which are converted into vitamin A in the liver. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry
    Sense id: en-carotene-en-noun-JPogf0Q1 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: E160 Derived forms: beta-carotene, β-carotene Related terms: carotenoid

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ka.roˈtɛ.ne/ Forms: caroteni [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛne Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} carotene m (plural caroteni)
  1. (organic chemistry) carotene Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Organic chemistry
    Sense id: en-carotene-it-noun-HW1h-qQv Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 4-syllable words",
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɛne",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɛne/4 syllables",
        "it:Organic chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "carotene"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "carotene",
          "carotene#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) carotene"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ka.roˈtɛ.ne/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛne"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carotene"
}

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