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ADN

Spanish, noun/ˌa ˌde ˈene/

ADN is spelled A-D-N (3 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,981st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). ADN is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “initialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does ADN mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineinitialism of ácido desoxirribonucleico DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. Ácido desoxirribonucleico. 2. Esencia.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce ADN?

  • /ˌa ˌde ˈene/
  • [ˌa ˌð̞e ˈe.ne]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ADN

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ADN in Spanish?

ADN appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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