plankton

See also Plankton

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From the Greek adjective πλαγκτός ("wanderer" and "drifter").

Noun

plankton (usually uncountable; plural planktons)

1. a generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea. A single organism is known as a plankter

Related terms

• aeroplankton
• bacterioplankton
• phytoplankton
• plankter
• planktotrophic
• zooplankton

Translations

generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea

Catalan: plàncton (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 浮游生物 (cmn) (fúyóu shēngwù) Esperanto: planktono (eo) Finnish: plankton (fi), keijusto (fi) French: plancton (fr) m. Galician: plancto (gl) m. German: Plankton (de) n. Greek: πλαγκτόν (el) (plagktón) n. Hungarian: plankton (hu) Ido: planktono (io)

Indonesian: plankton (id) Interlingua: plancton Italian: plancton (it) m. Japanese: プランクトン (ja) (purankuton) Korean: 플랑크톤 (ko) (peullangkeuton) Norwegian: plankton (no) n. Portuguese: plâncton (pt) m. Russian: планктон (ru) (planktón) m. Spanish: plancton (es) m. Swedish: plankton (sv) n.

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /plǎnktoːn/
• Hyphenation: plank‧ton

Noun

plànktōn m. (Cyrillic spelling пла̀нкто̄н)

1. plankton

Declension

    declension of plankton

	singular
nominative	plànktōn
genitive	planktóna
dative	planktonu
accusative	plankton
vocative	planktone
locative	planktonu
instrumental	planktonom