retinol

See also: rétinol

English

Structure diagram of retinol

Etymology

From retina +‎ -ol.

Noun

retinol (countable and uncountable, plural retinols)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.

Translations

the vitamin

• Arabic: رتينول m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視黃醇 / 视黄醇 (shìhuángchún)

• Czech: retinol m
• Esperanto: retinolo
• Finnish: retinoli
• French: rétinol (fr) m
• German: Retinol (de) n
• Greek: ρετινόλη (el) f (retinóli)
• Italian: retinolo (it) m
• Japanese: レチノール (rechinōru)
• Korean: 레티놀 (retinol)
• Romanian: retinol n
• Spanish: retinol m
• Swedish: retinol n

Anagrams

• Lorient

Spanish

Noun

retinol m (plural retinoles)

1. (organic chemistry) retinol

Further reading

• “retinol”, 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

retinol n

1. (organic chemistry) retinol

   Synonym: A-vitamin

Declension

Declension of retinol

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	retinol	retinols
	definite	retinolet	retinolets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—