protist

See also: Protist

English

Etymology

From translingual Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈproʊtɪst/

Noun

protist (plural protists)

1. (microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades.
   • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 162:

     Besides the hundreds or thousands of metres of fungal mycelium in a teaspoon of healthy soil, there are more bacteria, protists, insects and arthropods than the number of humans who have ever lived on Earth.

   Synonym: protistan

   1. Any single-celled eukaryote, prokaryote or sponge [to 1959].
   2. Any single-celled eukaryote or prokaryote [1959–1969].
   3. Any single-celled eukaryote [since 1969].

Usage notes

• As cladistics and phylogenetics became increasingly emphasised in modern taxonomy, Protista was revealed to be an artificial grouping of several independent clades, and its use as a formal taxon was gradually abandoned. For more information, see Protist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• The study of protists is termed protistology.

Related terms

• monoprotist
• protistal
• protistological
• protistologist
• protistology

 

Translations

eukaryotic unicellular organisms

• Armenian: պրոտիստ (protist)
• Bulgarian: протист m (protist)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原生生物 (zh) (yuánshēng shēngwù)

• Czech: protista
• Danish: protist c
• Dutch: protist (nl) m
• Esperanto: protisto
• Estonian: protist
• Finnish: alkueliö (fi), protisti, protoktisti
• French: protiste (fr) m
• Galician: protista (gl)
• Georgian: პროტისტი (ṗroṭisṭi)
• German: Protist (de) m
• Hungarian: protiszta
• Icelandic: frumvera f
• Ido: protisto (io)
• Irish: prótaisteach m
• Italian: protista (it)
• Japanese: 原生生物 (ja) (gensei seibutsu)
• Korean: 원생생물 (ko) (wonsaengsaengmul)
• Polish: protista
• Portuguese: protista (pt) m
• Romanian: protist (ro) n
• Russian: проти́ст (ru) m (protíst)
• Spanish: protista (es)
• Swedish: protist (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: protist
• Ukrainian: найпростіш m (najprostiš)
• Vietnamese: sinh vật đơn bào

Anagrams

• tropist

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proːˈtɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pro‧tist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

protist m (plural protisten)

1. protist (unicellular organism)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French protiste.

Noun

protist n (plural protiste)

1. protist

Declension

Declension of protist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) protist	protistul	(niște) protiste	protistele
genitive/dative	(unui) protist	protistului	(unor) protiste	protistelor
vocative	protistule		protistelor