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

3. (nutrition, countable) A food rich in protein, often a meat or meat substitute.
   • 2015 April 29, Mandy Unanski Enright, “One Meal, Two Proteins”, in Nutrition Nuptials‎^[1]:

     The preparation style should be the same for both proteins so that the side dishes compliment the meal.

   • 2017, Daphne's California Greek, Catering Menu‎^[2]:

     Served with seasoned rice, classic Greek salad, pita, tzatziki, choice of 2 proteins & 2 sides

   • 2018 May 31, Mary Kekatos, Daily Mail‎^[3]:

     What should you get for lunch at a halal cart? Nutritionists explain how to pick a protein that isn't packed with calories and why you should beware the white sauce

Derived terms

• green fluorescent protein
• proteinaceous
• proteinic
• proteinous

Related terms

• proteic

Translations

biochemistry: complex molecule

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

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

  Hakka: 蛋白質／蛋白质, 蛋白质 (thàn-pha̍k-chṳt)

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

  Min Dong: 卵白質／卵白质, 卵白质 (lâung-băh-cék)

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

  Wu: 蛋白質／蛋白质 (⁶de-baq-tseq), 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 (de) n
• Greek: πρωτεΐνη (el) f (proteḯni)
• Hebrew: חֶלְבּוֹן (he) m (ḥelbón)
• Hindi: प्रोभूजिन m (probhūjin), प्रोटीन (hi) f (proṭīn)
• Irish: próitéin f
• Italian: proteina (it) f
• Japanese: 蛋白質 (ja) (たんぱくしつ, tanpakushitsu), プロテイン (purotein)
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• Khmer: ប្រូតេអ៊ីន (prouteeʼiin)
• Korean: 단백질 (ko) (danbaekjil) (蛋白質 (ko))
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: olbaltums m, olbaltumvielas f pl
• Macedonian: белковина f (belkovina)
• 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
• Welsh: protein (cy) m
• Zhuang: danbwzciz

class of food

• Arabic: بُرُوتِين m (borotīn)
• Armenian: սպիտակուց (hy) (spitakucʻ)
• 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), 蛋白质 (daan^6-2 baak⁶ zat¹)

  Hakka: 蛋白質／蛋白质, 蛋白质 (thàn-pha̍k-chṳt)

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

  Min Dong: 卵白質／卵白质, 卵白质 (lâung-băh-cék)

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

  Wu: 蛋白質／蛋白质 (⁶de-baq-tseq), 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)
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• Hindi: प्रोभूजिन m (probhūjin)
• 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 (prouteeʼiin)
• 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) (māṁsyaṁ)
• 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 (probhūjin)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} proteino
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Further reading

• protein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

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Czech

Noun

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
non-attributive possessive - singular	proteiné	proteineké
non-attributive possessive - plural	proteinéi	proteinekéi

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

Anagrams

• entropi, inropet

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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 Nominative 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 Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular proteinimi proteinlerimi 2nd singular proteinini proteinlerini 3rd singular proteinini proteinlerini 1st plural proteinimizi proteinlerimizi 2nd plural proteininizi proteinlerinizi 3rd plural proteinlerini proteinlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular proteinime proteinlerime 2nd singular proteinine proteinlerine 3rd singular proteinine proteinlerine 1st plural proteinimize proteinlerimize 2nd plural proteininize proteinlerinize 3rd plural proteinlerine proteinlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular proteinimde proteinlerimde 2nd singular proteininde proteinlerinde 3rd singular proteininde proteinlerinde 1st plural proteinimizde proteinlerimizde 2nd plural proteininizde proteinlerinizde 3rd plural proteinlerinde proteinlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular proteinimden proteinlerimden 2nd singular proteininden proteinlerinden 3rd singular proteininden proteinlerinden 1st plural proteinimizden proteinlerimizden 2nd plural proteininizden proteinlerinizden 3rd plural proteinlerinden proteinlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular proteinimin proteinlerimin 2nd singular proteininin proteinlerinin 3rd singular proteininin proteinlerinin 1st plural proteinimizin proteinlerimizin 2nd plural proteininizin proteinlerinizin 3rd plural proteinlerinin proteinlerinin