amino

Other forms of amino

plural

aminoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amino

What does amino mean?

amino means "the radical -NH2". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amino?

amino has 3 syllables: a-mi-no. The stress falls on "mi". In IPA it is /əˈminoʊ/.

What is another word for amino?

Close synonyms include amino group, aminic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amino a common word?

amino is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with amino?

1 word rhymes with amino. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.