RNA

See also: -rna and rna

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ) ɛn eɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

RNA (countable and uncountable, plural RNAs)

1. (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^[1], →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
• birnavirus
• cfRNA
• chiRNA
• ctRNA
• dsRNA
• gRNA
• lhRNA
• lRNA
• macroRNA
• microRNA
• miRNA
• miscRNA
• modRNA
• mRNA, messenger RNA
• mtRNA
• nanoRNA
• ncRNA
• nsRNA
• pgRNA
• picornavirus
• rasiRNA
• ribosomal RNA
• 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

abbreviation of ribonucleic acid

• Bulgarian: РНК f (RNK) (рибонуклеинова киселина (ribonukleinova kiselina))
• Catalan: ARN (ca) m
• Finnish: RNA (fi) (ribonukleiinihappo (fi))
• French: ARN (fr) m
• Georgian: რნმ (rnm)
• German: RNS (de) f (Ribonukleinsäure (de) f)
• Greek: RNA (el) n
• Hungarian: RNS
• Icelandic: RKS (is)
• Italian: RNA (it) m, ARN (it) m
• Japanese: RNA (ja) (āru-enu-ē)
• Khmer: អអិនអេ (ʼɑɑ ʼən ʼee)
• Latvian: RNS f (ribonukleīnskābe)
• Macedonian: РНК f (RNK) (рибонуклеинска киселина f (ribonukleinska kiselina))
• Māori: tuipūmua
• Polish: RNA (pl) n
• Portuguese: RNA (pt) m, ARN (pt) m
• Romanian: ARN n
• Russian: РНК (ru) f (RNK) (рибонуклеи́новая кислота́ (ru) (ribonukleínovaja kislotá))
• Slovak: RNK f (ribonukleová kyselina)
• Spanish: ARN (es) m (ácido ribonucleico (es))
• Swedish: RNA (sv) n
• Thai: อาร์เอ็นเอ

Further reading

• RNA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Arn, NRA, Nar, RAN, Ran, ran

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English RNA, from ribonucleic acid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛʁʔɛnˈʔaː]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

RNA f (genitive RNA, no plural)

1. (molecular biology) RNA, synonym of Ribonukleinsäure

Further reading

• “RNA”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Japanese

Etymology

From English RNA.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

RNA(アールエヌエー) • (āru-enu-ē) 

1. (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

RNA

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English RNA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛr.ɛnˈa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: R‧N‧A

Noun

RNA m inan or n (indeclinable)

1. (genetics, molecular biology) abbreviation of kwas rybonukleinowy

   Synonym: kwas rybonukleinowy

Further reading

• “RNA”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “RNA”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English RNA.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈẽ.ni ˈa/ [ˈɛ.hi ˈẽ.ni ˈa]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈẽ.ni ˈa/ [ˈɛ.hi ˈẽ.ni ˈa]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁi ˈẽ.ni ˈa/ [ˈɛ.χi ˈẽ.ni ˈa]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʁe ˈe.ne ˈa/ [ˈɛ.he ˈe.ne ˈa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛˌʁ‿ɛˈn‿a/

Noun

RNA m (plural RNAs)

1. alternative form of ARN

Further reading

• “RNA”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “RNA”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

RNA m (plural RNA)

1. RNA

Further reading

• “RNA”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Alternative forms

• rna

Noun

RNA n

1. (biochemistry) RNA

   Synonym: ribonukleinsyra

Declension

Declension of RNA

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	RNA	RNA:s
	definite	RNA:t	RNA:ts
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• DNA

References

• “RNA”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “RNA”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Noun

RNA

1. "Ribonükleik asit", ribonucleic acid.