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English

Etymology

Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein, both coined based on Ancient Greek ???????? (pr?teîos, “primary”), from ?????? (prôtos, “first”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???ti.?n/, /?p???ti?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o?ti?n/

Noun

protein (countable and uncountable, plural proteins)

1. (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

2. (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

3. (nutrition, countable) A food rich in protein, often a meat or meat substitute.

Derived terms

• green fluorescent protein
• plasma protein
• proteinaceous
• proteinic
• proteinous

Related terms

• proteic

Translations

Further reading

• protein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• protein on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

References

Anagrams

• Petrino, Petroni, Pointer, interop, pointer, pterion, repoint, tropein, tropine

Czech

Noun

protein m inan

1. protein

   Synonym: bílkovina

Hungarian

Etymology

From English protein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?prot?jin]
• Hyphenation: pro?te?in
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

protein (plural proteinek)

1. protein

Declension

References

Further reading

• protein in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein or proteiner, definite plural proteina or proteinene)

1. protein

References

• “protein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein, definite plural proteina)

1. protein

References

• “protein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

protein n (uncountable)

1. protein

Declension

Synonyms

• äggviteämne

Anagrams

• entropi, inropet

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French protéine.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro?te?in

Noun

protein (definite accusative proteini, plural proteinler)

1. (biochemistry) protein

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• aleuron

Etymology

1865/70; from Ancient Greek ??????? (áleuron, “flour, meal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l(j)?????n/

Noun

aleurone (plural aleurones)

1. (biochemistry) The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.
2. The outer layer (and its major cell type and its specialized protein) of the endosperm.

Synonyms

• (outer layer): peripheral endosperm

Related terms

• aleurone layer
• aleuronic
• aleuromancy
• aleurometer
• subaleurone

Translations

French

Noun

aleurone f (plural aleurones)

1. aleurone

Italian

Noun

aleurone m (plural aleuroni)

1. aleurone

Related terms

• aleuronico