keratin

See also: Keratin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) +‎ -in.

Noun

keratin (countable and uncountable, plural keratins)

1. (biochemistry) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.

Derived terms

• keratinous

Translations

protein that hair and nails are made of

• Bulgarian: кератин m (keratin)
• Catalan: queratina f
• Danish: keratin
• Dutch: keratine (nl) f
• Esperanto: kerato
• Finnish: keratiini (fi)
• French: kératine (fr) f
• Galician: queratina f
• German: Keratin (de), Hornstoff m, Hornsubstanz f
• Icelandic: hyrni n, hornefni n, keratín n
• Ido: keratino (io)
• Irish: ceiritin
• Italian: cheratina (it) f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: keratin n

  Nynorsk: keratin n

• Occitan: queratina
• Persian: کراتین (kerâtin)
• Polish: keratyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: queratina (pt)
• Russian: керати́н (ru) m (keratín), рогово́е вещество́ n (rogovóje veščestvó)
• Spanish: queratina f
• Swedish: keratin (sv)
• Turkish: keratin (tr)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “keratin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Katrine, intaker, kreatin, tankier

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ke‧ra‧tin

Noun

keratin

1. (biochemistry) keratin

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) +‎ -in.

Noun

keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina or keratinene)

1. keratin

References

• “keratin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “keratin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) +‎ -in.

Noun

keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina)

1. keratin

References

• “keratin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.