plancton

See also: planctón and plâncton

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Plankton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑ̃k.tɔ̃/

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Noun

plancton m (uncountable)

1. (biology) plankton

Derived terms

• planctonique

Further reading

• “plancton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

plancton m (uncountable)

1. (biology) plankton

Related terms

• planctonico

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Spanish

Etymology

Coined originally in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German as Plankton, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πλαγκτόν (planktón), neuter form of πλαγκτός (planktós, “wandering”), from πλάζω (plázō, “I turn aside, wander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanɡton/ [ˈplãŋɡ.t̪õn]

Noun

plancton m (uncountable)

1. (biology) plankton

Derived terms

• batiplancton
• epiplancton
• fitoplancton

• holoplancton
• meroplancton

• zooplancton

Further reading

• “plancton”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014