filipin

See also: filipín and Filipin@

English

Etymology

filipinensis +‎ -in

Noun

filipin (uncountable)

  1. A potent antifungal chemical first isolated from the actinomycete Streptomyces filipinensis, widely used as a histochemical stain for cholesterol.

Swedish

Etymology

Presumably from German Vielliebchen, but see the etymology for philopena.

Noun

filipin c

  1. philopena (a game)
  2. philopena (a nut or almond with double kernel)

Declension
Declension of filipin 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative filipin filipinen filipiner filipinerna
Genitive filipins filipinens filipiners filipinernas

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