cadaverine
/kəˈdævəɹɪn/noun
cadaverine is spelled C-A-D-A-V-E-R-I-N-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cadaverine means “A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cadaverine is cadaverines.
How many letters and syllables are in cadaverine?
| Letters | 10: C-A-D-A-V-E-R-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cadaverine?
Cadaverine appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cadaverine?
- /kəˈdævəɹɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cadaverine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cadaverine
- cadaverines plural
- cadaverin
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cadaverine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH₂(CH₂)₅NH₂.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cadaverine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense foul-smelling diamine:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cadavérine |
| German | Cadaverin |
| Portuguese | cadaverina |
| Spanish | cadaverina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cadaverine come from?
From Latin cadāver (“corpse”) + -ine, equivalent to cadaver + -ine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).