adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to a bull; bull-like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
taurine
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Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɔːɹiːn
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to the zodiacal sign Taurus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
An amino-sulfonic acid, NH2CH2CH2SO3H, that has regulatory functions in mammals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tauric acid
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or resembling a bull
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 5
a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: compound, chemical compound
History
Etymology
From Latin taurīnus, from taurus (“bull”).
From Taurus + -ine.
From taur(ocholic) + -ine.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: taurí — bull-like
- Galician: taurino — bull-like
- Galician: taurina — bull-like
- Italian: taurino — bull-like
- Portuguese: taurino — bull-like
- Portuguese: taurina — bull-like
- Spanish: taurino — bull-like
- Welsh: tarwaidd — bull-like
- Arabic: تورين — amino-sulfonic acid
- Armenian: տաուրին (taurin) — amino-sulfonic acid
- Catalan: taurina — amino-sulfonic acid
- Chinese Mandarin: 牛磺酸 (niúhuángsuān) — amino-sulfonic acid
- Esperanto: taŭrino — amino-sulfonic acid
- Finnish: tauriini — amino-sulfonic acid
- French: taurine — amino-sulfonic acid
- German: Taurin — amino-sulfonic acid
- Hungarian: taurin — amino-sulfonic acid
- Italian: taurina — amino-sulfonic acid
- Japanese: タウリン (taurin) — amino-sulfonic acid
- Korean: 타우린 (taurin) — amino-sulfonic acid
- Russian: таури́н (taurín) — amino-sulfonic acid
- Spanish: taurina — amino-sulfonic acid
- Turkish: taurin — amino-sulfonic acid
- Welsh: tawrin — amino-sulfonic acid