# urea
## English
### Etymology

From New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jʊˈɹiːə/, /ˈjʊəɹɪə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːə

### Noun

urea (countable and uncountable, plural ureas)
* (organic chemistry, biochemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH$_2$)$_2$, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
* (organic chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R$_1$R$_2$N)CO(NR$_3$R$_4$).

#### Synonyms

* carbamide

#### Derived terms

* alkylurea
* alpha-naphthylthiourea
* bisurea
* bromerguride
* bromovalerylurea
* carbamylurea
* carburazepam
* diallylurea
* dicyclohexylurea
* dimethylurea
* diphenylurea
* glibornuride
* glyburide
* glycolylurea
* hydroxyurea
* imidazolidinyl urea
* isourea
* malonylurea
* methylol urea
* nitrosoethylurea
* nitrosourea
* nitrourea
* nonurea
* oligourea
* phenylthiourea
* polyurea
* pseudourea
* selenourea
* sulfonylurea
* sulfourea
* suramin
* tetramethylurea
* thiourea
* triurea
* urea cycle
* urea-formaldehyde
* ureagenesis
* ureal
* urealytic
* ureameter
* ureametry
* urease
* ureic
* ureido-

#### See also

* biuret

### Further reading

* David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Urea”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
* “urea”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

### Anagrams

* Auer, eaur

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English urea), ultimately from New Latin urea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈureɑ/, [ˈure̞ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ureɑ
* Hyphenation: urea

### Noun

urea
* urea

#### Declension

Possessive forms of urea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ureani
ureani
accusative
nom.
ureani
ureani
gen.
ureani
genitive
ureani
ureoideni ureoitteni ureaini $^{rare}$
partitive
ureaani
ureoitani
inessive
ureassani
ureoissani
elative
ureastani
ureoistani
illative
ureaani
ureoihini
adessive
ureallani
ureoillani
ablative
urealtani
ureoiltani
allative
urealleni
ureoilleni
essive
ureanani
ureoinani
translative
ureakseni
ureoikseni
abessive
ureattani
ureoittani
instructive
comitative
—ureoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ureasi
ureasi
accusative
nom.
ureasi
ureasi
gen.
ureasi
genitive
ureasi
ureoidesi ureoittesi ureaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
ureaasi
ureoitasi
inessive
ureassasi
ureoissasi
elative
ureastasi
ureoistasi
illative
ureaasi
ureoihisi
adessive
ureallasi
ureoillasi
ablative
urealtasi
ureoiltasi
allative
ureallesi
ureoillesi
essive
ureanasi
ureoinasi
translative
ureaksesi
ureoiksesi
abessive
ureattasi
ureoittasi
instructive
comitative
—ureoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ureamme
ureamme
accusative
nom.
ureamme
ureamme
gen.
ureamme
genitive
ureamme
ureoidemme ureoittemme ureaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
ureaamme
ureoitamme
inessive
ureassamme
ureoissamme
elative
ureastamme
ureoistamme
illative
ureaamme
ureoihimme
adessive
ureallamme
ureoillamme
ablative
urealtamme
ureoiltamme
allative
ureallemme
ureoillemme
essive
ureanamme
ureoinamme
translative
ureaksemme
ureoiksemme
abessive
ureattamme
ureoittamme
instructive
comitative
—ureoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ureanne
ureanne
accusative
nom.
ureanne
ureanne
gen.
ureanne
genitive
ureanne
ureoidenne ureoittenne ureainne $^{rare}$
partitive
ureaanne
ureoitanne
inessive
ureassanne
ureoissanne
elative
ureastanne
ureoistanne
illative
ureaanne
ureoihinne
adessive
ureallanne
ureoillanne
ablative
urealtanne
ureoiltanne
allative
ureallenne
ureoillenne
essive
ureananne
ureoinanne
translative
ureaksenne
ureoiksenne
abessive
ureattanne
ureoittanne
instructive
comitative
—ureoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ureansa
ureansa
accusative
nom.
ureansa
ureansa
gen.
ureansa
genitive
ureansa
ureoidensa ureoittensa ureainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
ureaansa
ureoitaan ureoitansa
inessive
ureassaan ureassansa
ureoissaan ureoissansa
elative
ureastaan ureastansa
ureoistaan ureoistansa
illative
ureaansa
ureoihinsa
adessive
ureallaan ureallansa
ureoillaan ureoillansa
ablative
urealtaan urealtansa
ureoiltaan ureoiltansa
allative
urealleen ureallensa
ureoilleen ureoillensa
essive
ureanaan ureanansa
ureoinaan ureoinansa
translative
ureakseen ureaksensa
ureoikseen ureoiksensa
abessive
ureattaan ureattansa
ureoittaan ureoittansa
instructive
comitative
—ureoineen ureoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* virtsa-aine

### Further reading

* “urea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

### Anagrams

* Eura, auer

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈrɛ.a/
** Rhymes: -ɛa
** Hyphenation: u‧rè‧a
* IPA: /ˈu.re.a/
** Rhymes: -urea
** Hyphenation: ù‧re‧a

### Noun

urea f (plural uree)
* urea

#### Derived terms

* poliurea
* ureico

### Anagrams

* aure

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

### Noun

urea (indeclinable)
* (uncountable) urea, carbamide

#### Synonyms

* karbamid
* urinstoff

### References

* “urea” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

### Noun

urea (indeclinable)
* (uncountable) urea, carbamide

#### Synonyms

* karbamid
* urinstoff

### References

* “urea” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈɾea/ [uˈɾe.a]
* Rhymes: -ea
* Syllabification: u‧re‧a

### Noun

urea f (plural ureas)
* urea (organic compound)

### Further reading

* “urea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

urea c
* urea
    Synonyms: urinämne, karbamid

#### Usage notes

Called karbamid in skincare products.

#### Declension
### References

* urea in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* urea in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* urea in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH