How do you pronounce caffeine?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæfiːn/.

caffeine

/ˈkæfiːn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: caf-feine
IPA: /ˈkæfiːn/

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Meaning

noun

An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For example, 0.100 grams of caffeine yield by combustion, by weight, 0.180 grammes of carbonic acid."
"Hitherto, in consequence of its slight solubility, caffeine has been administered hypodermically only in very small doses ; in fact, at the ordinary temperature, it requires 93 parts of water to dissolve, so that a cubic centimeter would contain scarcely more than a centigram."
"The US Food and Drug Administration defines this limit as anything more than 400 milligrams of caffeine daily for healthy adults. This is equivalent to four or five cups of coffee."

Etymology

Borrowed from French caféine, from café (“coffee”), or German Caffein, Kaffein (cp. Coffein, Koffein), from Kaffee (“coffee”) (cp. Kaffe, Koffee, Koffe), or Italian caffè (“coffee”) + -ine.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Caffein, caffè
Suffix: ine

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

caffeines (plural) caffein (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

apocaffeine cafedrine caffeinate caffeineless caffeinelike caffeinic caffeinism decaffeinate diethoxyhydroxycaffeine hydroxycaffeine hypocaffeine noncaffeine

Phrases

caffeine dependence caffeine-free caffeine up caffeine use disorder

Frequently Paired Words

guaranine mateine theine

Synonyms

caffein

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