"theobromine" meaning in English

See theobromine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: theobromines [plural], theobromin [alternative, dated]
Etymology: From the genus Theobroma + -ine. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ine}} + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} theobromine (countable and uncountable, plural theobromines)
  1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid, of similar structure to caffeine, found in chocolate/cocoa. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: theobromide Translations (alkaloid): 可可鹼 /可可碱 (kěkějiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), teobromin [masculine] (Czech), teobromiini (Finnish), théobromine [feminine] (French), teobromina [feminine] (Italian), teobromin [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), teobromin [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teobromina [feminine] (Portuguese), теобромин (teobromin) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ine"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ine",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the genus Theobroma + -ine.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "theobromines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theobromin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "theobromine (countable and uncountable, plural theobromines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Alkaloids",
          "orig": "en:Alkaloids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Organic compounds",
          "orig": "en:Organic compounds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              55,
              66
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 107:",
          "text": "Kola [...] contains a greater quantity of caffeine and theobromine than the best teas and coffees.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An alkaloid, of similar structure to caffeine, found in chocolate/cocoa."
      ],
      "id": "en-theobromine-en-noun-Wlj1h4lz",
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "alkaloid",
          "alkaloid"
        ],
        [
          "caffeine",
          "caffeine"
        ],
        [
          "chocolate",
          "chocolate"
        ],
        [
          "cocoa",
          "cocoa"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, of similar structure to caffeine, found in chocolate/cocoa."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "theobromide"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "kěkějiǎn",
          "sense": "alkaloid",
          "word": "可可鹼 /可可碱"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "alkaloid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "teobromin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "alkaloid",
          "word": "teobromiini"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "alkaloid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "théobromine"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "alkaloid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "teobromina"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "alkaloid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "teobromin"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "sense": "alkaloid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "teobromin"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "alkaloid",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "teobromina"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "teobromin",
          "sense": "alkaloid",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "теобромин"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "theobromine"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ine"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ine",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the genus Theobroma + -ine.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "theobromines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theobromin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "theobromine (countable and uncountable, plural theobromines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "theobromide"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -ine",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "en:Alkaloids",
        "en:Organic compounds"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              55,
              66
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 107:",
          "text": "Kola [...] contains a greater quantity of caffeine and theobromine than the best teas and coffees.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An alkaloid, of similar structure to caffeine, found in chocolate/cocoa."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "alkaloid",
          "alkaloid"
        ],
        [
          "caffeine",
          "caffeine"
        ],
        [
          "chocolate",
          "chocolate"
        ],
        [
          "cocoa",
          "cocoa"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, of similar structure to caffeine, found in chocolate/cocoa."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "kěkějiǎn",
      "sense": "alkaloid",
      "word": "可可鹼 /可可碱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "alkaloid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teobromin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "alkaloid",
      "word": "teobromiini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "alkaloid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "théobromine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "alkaloid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teobromina"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "alkaloid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "teobromin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "alkaloid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "teobromin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "alkaloid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teobromina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "teobromin",
      "sense": "alkaloid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "теобромин"
    }
  ],
  "word": "theobromine"
}

Download raw JSONL data for theobromine meaning in English (3.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (e2469cc and 9905b1f). 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.