Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adrenaline

/əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: adren-a-line
IPA: /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

Uncountable

noun

Excitement; thrills.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Some people bungee jump to feel alive through the surge of adrenaline."
"May be it's not as heavy as he thought, or may be he's on adrenaline overdrive."
"Despite the crisis, the adrenaline that must have been feeding his own alarm, Tim managed to maintain his control and spoke in a subdued tone, assuring the tenderman and all of us that things would be okay."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- Latin rēn Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin rēnālislbor. English renal English adrenal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English adrenaline From adrenal + -ine, coined by Japanese chemist Takamine Jōkichi in 1901.

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Chemistry.

Inflected Forms

adrenalines (plural) adrenalin (alternative)

Derived Forms

adrenalined adrenalinergic adrenalinic adrenalinogenic adrenergic metadrenaline noradrenaline

Phrases

adrenaline junkie adrenaline rush adrenaline sport

Synonyms

epinephrine epinephrin adrenalin

Questions

How do you pronounce adrenaline?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/.
What does adrenaline mean?: Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
Where does adrenaline come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- Latin rēn Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin rēnālislbor. English renal English adrenal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English adrenaline From adrenal + -ine, coined by Japanese chemist Takamine Jōkichi in 1901.

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