urea

New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

• IPA^(key): /jʊˈɹiːə/, /ˈjʊəɹɪə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

urea (countable and uncountable, plural ureas)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
2. (chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R₁R₂N)CO(NR₃R₄).

• carbamide

• polyurea
• thiourea
• selenourea
• urea-formaldehyde resin

• biuret

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Urea”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “urea”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

• Auer, eaur

Internationalism (see English urea), ultimately from New Latin urea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈureɑ/, [ˈure̞ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ureɑ
• Syllabification^(key): u‧re‧a

urea

1. urea

• virtsa-aine

• Eura, auer

• IPA^(key): /uˈrɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Hyphenation: u‧rè‧a
• IPA^(key): /ˈu.re.a/
  • Rhymes: -urea
  • Hyphenation: ù‧re‧a

urea f (plural uree)

1. urea

• poliurea
• ureico

• aure

From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

urea (indeclinable)

1. (uncountable) urea, carbamide

• karbamid
• urinstoff

• “urea” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

urea (indeclinable)

1. (uncountable) urea, carbamide

• karbamid
• urinstoff

• “urea” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /uˈɾea/ [uˈɾe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: u‧re‧a

urea f (plural ureas)

1. urea (organic compound)

• “urea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014