From ammonia + -ine.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈmiːn/, /ˈæ.mɪn/, /ˈeɪ.miːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈmiːn/, /ˈæ.miːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn, (UK) -æmɪn, (UK) -eɪmiːn, (US) -æmiːn

amine (plural amines)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
2. (organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.

• ammine

• “amine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• Maine, minæ, minae, maine, I mean, animé, manie, Emina, anime

• IPA^(key): /a.min/

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amine f (plural amines)

1. amine

• “amine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012