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theine en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈθiː.iːn/
  • /ˈθeɪ.iːn/
  • /ˈteɪ.iːn/

Etymology

From French théine.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Caffeine when present in tea.
    • 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. 2010, Crispian Scully, Medical Problems in Dentistry E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 693:

Coordinates

guaranine · mateine · caffeine

Translations (15)

hu tein (Caffeine in tea) · ro teină (Caffeine in tea) · cs tein (Caffeine in tea) · fr théine (Caffeine in tea) · el τεΐνη (Caffeine in tea) · scn tiina (Caffeine in tea) · fi teiini (Caffeine in tea) · pt teína (Caffeine in tea) · it teina (Caffeine in tea) · pl teina (Caffeine in tea) · sv tein (Caffeine in tea) · ru теи́н (Caffeine in tea) · es teína (Caffeine in tea) · tr tein (Caffeine in tea) · de Tein (Caffeine in tea)

theine en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of thane.
    alt of thane

Forms

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