proton
English
Etymology
Coined by New Zealand-British scientist Ernest Rutherford from Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton), neuter of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”), with an additional intention of honoring English chemist William Prout.
Pronunciation
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Noun
proton (plural protons)
- (physics) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.
Synonyms
- p (symbolic)
Hypernyms
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Translations
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Afrikaans
Noun
proton (plural protone)
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
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Further reading
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
proton c (singular definite protonen, plural indefinite protoner)
Declension
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | proton | protonen | protoner | protonerne |
genitive | protons | protonens | protoners | protonernes |
References
- “proton” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
proton n (plural protonen)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
proton m (plural protons)
Further reading
- “proton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
proton (plural protonok)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | proton | protonok |
accusative | protont | protonokat |
dative | protonnak | protonoknak |
instrumental | protonnal | protonokkal |
causal-final | protonért | protonokért |
translative | protonná | protonokká |
terminative | protonig | protonokig |
essive-formal | protonként | protonokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | protonban | protonokban |
superessive | protonon | protonokon |
adessive | protonnál | protonoknál |
illative | protonba | protonokba |
sublative | protonra | protonokra |
allative | protonhoz | protonokhoz |
elative | protonból | protonokból |
delative | protonról | protonokról |
ablative | protontól | protonoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
protoné | protonoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
protonéi | protonokéi |
Possessive forms of proton | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | protonom | protonjaim |
2nd person sing. | protonod | protonjaid |
3rd person sing. | protonja | protonjai |
1st person plural | protonunk | protonjaink |
2nd person plural | protonotok | protonjaitok |
3rd person plural | protonjuk | protonjaik |
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈproː.ton/, [ˈproːt̪ɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ton/, [ˈprɔːt̪on]
Noun
prōton m (genitive prōtōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | prōton | prōtōnēs |
Genitive | prōtōnis | prōtōnum |
Dative | prōtōnī | prōtōnibus |
Accusative | prōtōnem | prōtōnēs |
Ablative | prōtōne | prōtōnibus |
Vocative | prōton | prōtōnēs |
Malay
Noun
proton (plural proton-proton, informal 1st possessive protonku, 2nd possessive protonmu, 3rd possessive protonnya)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton)
Noun
proton n (definite singular protonet, indefinite plural proton or protoner, definite plural protona or protonene)
References
- “proton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton)
Noun
proton n (definite singular protonet, indefinite plural proton, definite plural protona)
References
- “proton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
proton m inan
Declension
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
pròtōn m (Cyrillic spelling про̀то̄н)
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
proton c
Declension
Declension of proton | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | proton | protonen | protoner | protonerna |
Genitive | protons | protonens | protoners | protonernas |
See also
- English coinages
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English lemmas
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- English countable nouns
- en:Subatomic particles
- en:Baryons
- Afrikaans lemmas
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- af:Physics
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/oton
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Danish/oːˀn
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Physics
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch nouns with lengthened vowel in the plural
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- nl:Physics
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Subatomic particles
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Subatomic particles
- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin nouns
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- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Physics
- New Latin
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- Malay nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- nb:Physics
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
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- nn:Physics
- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Polish lemmas
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- Polish masculine nouns
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- pl:Subatomic particles
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
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- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Physics