keratin
See also: Keratin
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -in.
Pronunciation
Noun
keratin (countable and uncountable, plural keratins)
- (biochemistry) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.
Derived terms
Translations
protein that hair and nails are made of
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “keratin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας + -in.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ke‧ra‧tin
Noun
keratin
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) + -in.
Noun
keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina or keratinene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) + -in.
Noun
keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina)
References
- “keratin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerh₂-
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms suffixed with -in
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Proteins
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Proteins
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -in
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- nb:Proteins
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- nn:Proteins