protein

See also Protein

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Etymology

Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein from Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteios, “primary”), from πρῶτος (prōtos, “first”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈprəʊti.ɪn/, /ˈprəʊtiːn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈproʊtiːn/

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Noun

protein (countable and uncountable; plural proteins)

1. (biochemistry) 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.
2. (nutrition) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (ie: meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes. see carbohydrate and fat for the other two major classes

Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:protein

Meronyms

• amino acid

Coordinate terms

• carbohydrate
• fat

Derived terms

• green fluorescent protein
• proteinic
• proteinous

Translations

one of three major classes of food

Armenian: սպիտակուց (hy) (spitakuc') Chinese: Mandarin: 蛋白質 (cmn), 蛋白质 (cmn) (dànbáizhì) Croatian: bjelánčevina (hr) f. Czech: bílkovina (cs) f. Danish: protein (da) n. Dutch: proteïne (nl) c., eiwit (nl) n. Finnish: proteiini (fi), valkuaisaine (fi) French: protéine (fr) German: Protein (de) n. Greek: πρωτεΐνη (el) (proteḯni) f.

Hebrew: חלבון (he) ('helbon) m. Hungarian: fehérje (hu) Italian: proteina (it) f. Japanese: 蛋白質 (たんぱくしつ, tanpakushitsu) Malayalam: മാംസ്യം (maamsyam) Polish: białko (pl) n. Russian: белок (ru) (b'elók) m., протеин (ru) (proteín) m. Serbian: belančevina Spanish: proteína (es) f. Swedish: protein (sv) n., äggviteämne (sv) n. Turkish: protein (tr)

biochemistry: a large, complex molecule composed of long chains of amino acids

Armenian: սպիտակուց (hy) (spitakuc') Chinese: Mandarin: 蛋白質 (cmn), 蛋白质 (cmn) (dànbáizhì) Croatian: bjelánčevina (hr) f. Czech: bílkovina (cs) f. Danish: protein (da) n. Dutch: proteïne (nl) c., eiwit (nl) n. Finnish: proteiini (fi), valkuaisaine (fi) French: protéine (fr) f. German: Protein (de) n. Greek: πρωτεΐνη (el) (proteḯni) f.

Hebrew: חלבון (he) ('helbon) m. Italian: proteina (it) f. Japanese: 蛋白質 (たんぱくしつ, tanpakushitsu) Lojban: lanbi (jbo) Pashto: پروټين (ps) Polish: białko (pl) n., proteina (pl) f. Portuguese: proteína (pt) f. Russian: белок (b'elók) m., протеин (proteín) m. Spanish: proteína (es) f. Swedish: protein (sv) n., äggviteämne (sv) n.

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Esperanto: proteino French: protéine f.

Korean: 단백질 Portuguese: proteína f.

Anagrams

• interop, pointer, pterion, repoint, tropein, tropine

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Czech

Noun

protein m.

1. protein

Synonyms

• bílkovina f.

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Swedish

Noun

protein n. (uncountable)

1. protein

Declension

Declension of protein

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	protein	proteinet
genitive	proteins	proteinets

Synonyms

• äggviteämne