"riboflavin" meaning in English

See riboflavin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌraɪboʊˈfleɪvɪn/ Forms: riboflavins [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪvən Etymology: ribo(se)- + flavin Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ribo-|flavin|alt1=ribo(se)}} ribo(se)- + flavin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} riboflavin (countable and uncountable, plural riboflavins)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: riboflavin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Vitamins Synonyms: lactoflavin, ovoflavin, E101 when used as a food colouring, vitamin B2, vitamin G Derived forms: riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate Translations (the vitamin B2, riboflavin): riboflavina [feminine] (Catalan), 核黃素 (Chinese Mandarin), 核黄素 (héhuángsù) (Chinese Mandarin), riboflavino (Esperanto), riboflaviin (Estonian), riboflaviini (Finnish), riboflavine [feminine] (French), Riboflavin (German), riboflavina [feminine] (Italian), vitamina B2 [feminine] (Italian), リボフラビン (ribofurabin) (Japanese), ryboflawina [feminine] (Polish), riboflavina [feminine] (Portuguese), riboflavină [feminine] (Romanian), рибофла̀вӣн [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), riboflàvīn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), riboflavín [masculine] (Slovak), riboflavina [feminine] (Spanish), riboflauini (Swahili)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for riboflavin meaning in English (4.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ribo-",
        "3": "flavin",
        "alt1": "ribo(se)"
      },
      "expansion": "ribo(se)- + flavin",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ribo(se)- + flavin",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "riboflavins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "riboflavin (countable and uncountable, plural riboflavins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with ribo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Vitamins",
          "orig": "en:Vitamins",
          "parents": [
            "Biomolecules",
            "Biochemistry",
            "Body parts",
            "Organic compounds",
            "Biology",
            "Chemistry",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Matter",
            "Sciences",
            "Human",
            "Medicine",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-riboflavin-en-noun-qcAoeRVF",
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "water-soluble",
          "water-soluble"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ],
        [
          "vitamin B",
          "vitamin B"
        ],
        [
          "complex",
          "complex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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": [
        {
          "word": "lactoflavin"
        },
        {
          "word": "ovoflavin"
        },
        {
          "word": "E101 when used as a food colouring"
        },
        {
          "word": "vitamin B2"
        },
        {
          "word": "vitamin G"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "riboflavina"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "word": "核黃素"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "héhuángsù",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "word": "核黄素"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "word": "riboflavino"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "word": "riboflaviin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "word": "riboflaviini"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "riboflavine"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "word": "Riboflavin"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "riboflavina"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vitamina B2"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ribofurabin",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "word": "リボフラビン"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ryboflawina"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "riboflavina"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "riboflavină"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рибофла̀вӣн"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "riboflàvīn"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "riboflavín"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "riboflavina"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
          "word": "riboflauini"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "riboflavin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌraɪboʊˈfleɪvɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "riboflavin"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ribo-",
        "3": "flavin",
        "alt1": "ribo(se)"
      },
      "expansion": "ribo(se)- + flavin",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ribo(se)- + flavin",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "riboflavins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "riboflavin (countable and uncountable, plural riboflavins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with ribo-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪvən",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Vitamins"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "water-soluble",
          "water-soluble"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ],
        [
          "vitamin B",
          "vitamin B"
        ],
        [
          "complex",
          "complex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "riboflavin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌraɪboʊˈfleɪvɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪvən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lactoflavin"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovoflavin"
    },
    {
      "word": "E101 when used as a food colouring"
    },
    {
      "word": "vitamin B2"
    },
    {
      "word": "vitamin G"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riboflavina"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "word": "核黃素"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héhuángsù",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "word": "核黄素"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "word": "riboflavino"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "word": "riboflaviin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "word": "riboflaviini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riboflavine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "word": "Riboflavin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riboflavina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vitamina B2"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ribofurabin",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "word": "リボフラビン"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ryboflawina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riboflavina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riboflavină"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рибофла̀вӣн"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "riboflàvīn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "riboflavín"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riboflavina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the vitamin B2, riboflavin",
      "word": "riboflauini"
    }
  ],
  "word": "riboflavin"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e268c0e and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.