theine

See also: théine

English

Etymology

From French théine.

Noun

theine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) Caffeine when present in tea.
    Coordinate terms: caffeine, guaranine, mateine
    • 2010, Crispian Scully, Medical Problems in Dentistry E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences (→ISBN), page 693:
      Caffeine is called guaranine when found in guarana, mateine when found in mate and theine when found in tea. There is far more caffeine in coffees than in teas.

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

theine

  1. Obsolete spelling of thine; lenited form of teine.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teine theine dteine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθʲenʲe/

Noun

theine

  1. Lenited form of teine.

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
teine theine teine
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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