RNA

• IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ) ɛn eɪ/

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RNA (countable and uncountable, plural RNAs)

1. (biochemistry) Initialism of ribonucleic acid.
   • 2006 June 20, Nicholas Wade, “DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Looked at from RNA’s point of view, DNA is just a passive archive of information, a dull hunk of a telephone directory; it is RNA that looks up the numbers, establishes the connections and determines how long each call will last.

• RNA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Arn, NRA, Nar, RAN, Ran, ran

Borrowed from English RNA, from ribonucleic acid.

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛʁʔɛnˈʔaː]

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RNA f (genitive RNA, no plural)

1. (molecular biology) RNA, synonym of Ribonukleinsäure

• “RNA”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

From English RNA.

• (Tokyo) アールエヌエー [àárúénúéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [6])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ːɾɯ̟e̞nɯ̟e̞ː]

RNA(アールエヌエー) • (āru-enu-ē) 

1. (genetics, biochemistry) synonym of リボ核酸 (ribo-kakusan, “ribonucleic acid”); RNA

• D(ディー)N(エヌ)A(エー) (dī-enu-ē)

Orthographic borrowing from English RNA.

• IPA^(key): /ɛr.ɛnˈa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: R‧N‧A

RNA m inan or n (indeclinable)

1. (genetics, molecular biology) abbreviation of kwas rybonukleinowy

   Synonym: kwas rybonukleinowy

• “RNA”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “RNA”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Orthographic borrowing from English RNA.

RNA m (plural RNAs)

1. alternative form of ARN

• “RNA”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “RNA”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

RNA m (plural RNA)

1. RNA

• “RNA”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• rna

RNA n

1. (biochemistry) RNA

   Synonym: ribonukleinsyra

• DNA

• “RNA”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “RNA”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

RNA

1. "Ribonükleik asit", ribonucleic acid.