# RNA
## English
### Pronunciation

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* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

RNA (countable and uncountable, plural RNAs)
* (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, →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.

#### Derived terms

* aiRNA
* A-RNA
* asRNA
* bacRNA
* cfRNA
* chiRNA
* ctRNA
* dsRNA
* gRNA
* lhRNA
* lRNA
* macroRNA
* microRNA
* miRNA
* miscRNA
* modRNA
* mRNA, messenger RNA
* mtRNA
* nanoRNA
* ncRNA
* nsRNA
* pgRNA
* rasiRNA
* RNAemia
* RNA expression profile
* RNA interference
* saRNA
* satsiRNA
* sdRNA
* siRNA
* small interfering RNA
* smRNA
* ssRNA
* tmRNA
* tRNA, transfer RNA
* vcRNA
* vRNA
* Z-RNA

#### Related terms

* DNA
* GNA
* PNA
* TNA
* XNA

#### Translations
### Further reading

* RNA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Arn, NRA, Nar, RAN, Ran, ran

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English RNA, from ribonucleic acid.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔɛʁʔɛnˈʔaː]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

RNA f (genitive RNA, no plural)
* (molecular biology) RNA, Synonym of Ribonukleinsäure

### Further reading

* “RNA” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Japanese
### Etymology

From English RNA.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

RNA(アールエヌエー) • (āru-enu-ē)
* (genetics, biochemistry) Synonym of リボ核酸 (ribo-kakusan, “ribonucleic acid”); RNA

### See also

* D(ディー)N(エヌ)A(エー) (dī-enu-ē)

## Polish
### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English RNA.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛr.ɛnˈa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: R‧N‧A

### Noun

RNA m inan or n (indeclinable)
* (genetics, molecular biology) Abbreviation of kwas rybonukleinowy.
    Synonym: kwas rybonukleinowy

### Further reading

* RNA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* RNA in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English RNA.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈẽ.ni ˈa/ [ˈɛ.hi ˈẽ.ni ˈa]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈẽ.ni ˈa/ [ˈɛ.hi ˈẽ.ni ˈa]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈẽ.ni ˈa/ [ˈɛ.χi ˈẽ.ni ˈa]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.ʁe ˈe.ne ˈa/ [ˈɛ.he ˈe.ne ˈa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌɛˌʁ‿ɛˈn‿a/

### Noun

RNA m (plural RNAs)
* Alternative form of ARN

## Spanish
### Noun

RNA m (plural RNA)
* RNA

### Further reading

* “RNA”, 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
### Alternative forms

* rna

### Noun

RNA n
* (biochemistry) RNA
    Synonym: ribonukleinsyra

#### See also

* DNA

### References

* RNA in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* RNA in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Turkish
### Noun

RNA
* "Ribonükleik asit", ribonucleic acid.