protein

See also: Protein

English

Etymology

Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein, both coined based on Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteîos, “primary”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊti.ɪn/, /ˈpɹəʊtiːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊtiːn/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

protein (countable and uncountable, plural proteins)

1. (biochemistry, countable) 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.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein

   Meronym: amino acid

2. (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (i.e. meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein

   Coordinate terms: carbohydrate, fat

Derived terms

• green fluorescent protein
• proteinic
• proteinous

Related terms

• proteic

Translations

biochemistry: complex molecule

• Armenian: սպիտակուց (hy) (spitakucʿ)
• Asturian: proteína f
• Catalan: proteïna (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蛋白質, 蛋白质 (daan^6-2 baak⁶ zat¹), 朊 (jyun²) (dated)

  Hakka: 蛋白質, 蛋白质 (thàn-pha̍k-chṳt)

  Mandarin: 蛋白質 (zh), 蛋白质 (zh) (dànbáizhì), 朊 (zh) (ruǎn) (dated)

  Min Dong: 卵白質, 卵白质 (lâung-băh-cék)

  Min Nan: 卵白質 (zh-min-nan), 卵白质 (nn̄g-pe̍h-chit), 蛋白質 (zh-min-nan), 蛋白质 (tàn-pe̍k-chit)

  Wu: 蛋白質, 蛋白质 (3de baq tseq)

• Czech: bílkovina (cs) f
• Danish: protein (da) n
• Dutch: proteïne (nl) f, eiwit (nl) n
• Estonian: proteiin, lihtvalk
• Finnish: proteiini (fi), valkuaisaine (fi)
• French: protéine (fr) f
• Galician: proteína f
• German: Protein (de) n, eiweiß
• Greek: πρωτεΐνη (el) f (proteḯni)
• Hebrew: חֶלְבּוֹן‎ (he) m (ḥelbón)
• Hindi: प्रोभूजिन m (prōbhūjin)
• Italian: proteina (it) f

• Japanese: 蛋白質 (ja) (たんぱくしつ, tanpakushitsu), プロテイン (purotein)
• Khmer: ប្រូតេអ៊ីន (prouteeʾiin)
• Korean: 단백질 (ko) (danbaekjil) (蛋白質 (ko))
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: olbaltums m, olbaltumvielas f pl
• Malay: protein
• Maori: pūmua
• Pashto: پروټين‎
• Persian: پروتئین‎ (fa) (porotein)
• Polish: białko (pl) n, proteina (pl) f
• Portuguese: proteína (pt) f
• Romanian: proteină (ro) f
• Russian: бело́к (ru) m (belók), протеи́н (ru) m (proteín)
• Serbo-Croatian: bjelánčevina f, belánčevina (sh) f
• Slovene: beljakovina f
• Spanish: proteína (es) f
• Swahili: protini
• Swedish: protein (sv) n, äggviteämne (sv) n
• Thai: โปรตีน (th) (pro-teen)
• Turkish: protein (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

class of food

• Arabic: بروتين‎ m (b(o)rotīn)
• Armenian: սպիտակուց (hy) (spitakucʿ)
• Asturian: proteína f
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: proteïna (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蛋白質, 蛋白质 (daan^6-2 baak⁶ zat¹)

  Hakka: 蛋白質, 蛋白质 (thàn-pha̍k-chṳt)

  Mandarin: 蛋白質 (zh), 蛋白质 (zh) (dànbáizhì)

  Min Dong: 卵白質, 卵白质 (lâung-băh-cék)

  Min Nan: 卵白質 (zh-min-nan), 卵白质 (nn̄g-pe̍h-chit), 蛋白質 (zh-min-nan), 蛋白质 (tàn-pe̍k-chit)

  Wu: 蛋白質, 蛋白质 (3de baq tseq)

• Czech: bílkovina (cs) f, protein (cs) m
• Danish: protein (da) n
• Dutch: proteïne (nl) f, eiwit (nl) n
• Esperanto: proteino
• Estonian: valk, lihtvalk, proteiin
• Finnish: valkuainen (fi), valkuaisaine (fi), proteiini (fi)
• French: protéine (fr) f
• Galician: proteína f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Protein (de) n, Eiweiß (de) n
• Greek: πρωτεΐνη (el) f (proteḯni)
• Hebrew: חֶלְבּוֹן‎ (he) m (ḥelbón)

• Hindi: प्रोभूजिन m (prōbhūjin)
• Hungarian: fehérje (hu)
• Italian: proteina (it) f
• Japanese: 蛋白質 (ja) (たんぱくしつ, tanpakushitsu), プロテイン (purotein)
• Khmer: ប្រូតេអ៊ីន (prouteeʾiin)
• Korean: 단백질 (ko) (danbaekjil) (蛋白質 (ko))
• Latvian: olbaltums m, olbaltumvielas f pl
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: protein
• Malayalam: മാംസ്യം (ml) (māṃsyaṃ)
• Mongolian: уураг (mn) (uurag)
• Polish: białko (pl) n
• Portuguese: proteína (pt) f
• Romanian: proteină (ro) f
• Russian: бело́к (ru) m (belók), протеи́н (ru) m (proteín)
• Serbo-Croatian: bjelánčevina f, belánčevina (sh) f
• Slovene: beljakovina f
• Spanish: proteína (es) f
• Swahili: protini
• Swedish: protein (sv) n, äggviteämne (sv) n
• Thai: โปรตีน (th) (bproo-dtiin)
• Turkish: protein (tr)
• Urdu: پروبھوجن‎ m (prōbhūjin)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} proteino

Further reading

• protein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• protein on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

Anagrams

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

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Czech

Noun

protein m

1. protein

Synonyms

• bílkovina f

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Hungarian

Etymology

From English protein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprotɛʲin]
• Hyphenation: pro‧te‧in

Noun

protein (plural proteinek)

1. protein

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	protein	proteinek
accusative	proteint	proteineket
dative	proteinnek	proteineknek
instrumental	proteinnel	proteinekkel
causal-final	proteinért	proteinekért
translative	proteinné	proteinekké
terminative	proteinig	proteinekig
essive-formal	proteinként	proteinekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	proteinben	proteinekben
superessive	proteinen	proteineken
adessive	proteinnél	proteineknél
illative	proteinbe	proteinekbe
sublative	proteinre	proteinekre
allative	proteinhez	proteinekhez
elative	proteinből	proteinekből
delative	proteinről	proteinekről
ablative	proteintől	proteinektől

Possessive forms of protein
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	proteinem	proteinjeim
2nd person sing.	proteined	proteinjeid
3rd person sing.	proteinje	proteinjei
1st person plural	proteinünk	proteinjeink
2nd person plural	proteinetek	proteinjeitek
3rd person plural	proteinjük	proteinjeik

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein or proteiner, definite plural proteina or proteinene)

1. protein

References

• “protein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein, definite plural proteina)

1. protein

References

• “protein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

protein n (uncountable)

1. protein

Declension

Declension of protein
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	protein	proteinet	—	—
Genitive	proteins	proteinets	—	—

Synonyms

• äggviteämne

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French protéine.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro‧te‧in

Noun

protein (definite accusative proteini, plural proteinler)

1. (biochemistry) protein

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	protein
Definite accusative	proteini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	protein	proteinler
Definite accusative	proteini	proteinleri
Dative	proteine	proteinlere
Locative	proteinde	proteinlerde
Ablative	proteinden	proteinlerden
Genitive	proteinin	proteinlerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular proteinim proteinlerim 2nd singular proteinin proteinlerin 3rd singular proteini proteinleri 1st plural proteinimiz proteinlerimiz 2nd plural proteininiz proteinleriniz 3rd plural proteinleri proteinleri