protein
See also: Protein
English
Etymology
Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein, both coined based on Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteîos, “primary”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊti.ɪn/, /ˈpɹəʊtiːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊtiːn/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
protein (countable and uncountable, plural proteins)
- (biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein
- Meronym: amino acid
- (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (i.e. meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein
- Coordinate terms: carbohydrate, fat
- (nutrition, countable) A food rich in protein, often a meat or meat substitute.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
biochemistry: complex molecule
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class of food
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References
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928), “Protein”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprotɛʲin]
- Hyphenation: pro‧te‧in
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | protein | proteinek |
accusative | proteint | proteineket |
dative | proteinnek | proteineknek |
instrumental | proteinnel | proteinekkel |
causal-final | proteinért | proteinekért |
translative | proteinné | proteinekké |
terminative | proteinig | proteinekig |
essive-formal | proteinként | proteinekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | proteinben | proteinekben |
superessive | proteinen | proteineken |
adessive | proteinnél | proteineknél |
illative | proteinbe | proteinekbe |
sublative | proteinre | proteinekre |
allative | proteinhez | proteinekhez |
elative | proteinből | proteinekből |
delative | proteinről | proteinekről |
ablative | proteintől | proteinektől |
Possessive forms of protein | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | proteinem | proteinjeim |
2nd person sing. | proteined | proteinjeid |
3rd person sing. | proteinje | proteinjei |
1st person plural | proteinünk | proteinjeink |
2nd person plural | proteinetek | proteinjeitek |
3rd person plural | proteinjük | proteinjeik |
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein or proteiner, definite plural proteina or proteinene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Declension
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Nominative | protein | proteinet | — | — |
Genitive | proteins | proteinets | — | — |
Turkish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pro‧te‧in
Declension
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Nominative | protein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | proteini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | protein | proteinler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | proteini | proteinleri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | proteine | proteinlere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | proteinde | proteinlerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | proteinden | proteinlerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | proteinin | proteinlerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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