protein

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Etymology

Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein, both coined based on Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteios, “primary”), from πρῶτος (prōtos, “first”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊti.ɪn/, /ˈpɹəʊtiːn/
(US) IPA: /ˈpɹoʊtiːn/
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Noun

protein (countable and uncountable; plural proteins)

(biochemistry) 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.
(nutrition) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (ie: meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes. see carbohydrate and fat for the other two major classes

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Meronyms

amino acid

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Translations

one of three major classes of food

Armenian: սպիտակուց (hy) (spitakuc')
Catalan: proteïna (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蛋白質 (cmn), 蛋白质 (cmn) (dànbáizhì)
Czech: bílkovina (cs) f, protein (cs) m
Danish: protein (da) n
Dutch: proteïne (nl) c, eiwit (nl) n
Finnish: proteiini (fi), valkuaisaine (fi)
French: protéine (fr) f
German: Protein (de) n
Greek: πρωτεΐνη (el) (proteḯni) f
Hebrew: חלבון (he) ('helbon) m
Hindi: प्रोभूजिन (hi) (prōbhūjin) m
Hungarian: fehérje (hu)

Italian: proteina (it) f
Japanese: 蛋白質 (たんぱくしつ, tanpakushitsu)
Latvian: olbaltums (lv) m, olbaltumvielas (lv) f pl
Malay: protein (ms)
Malayalam: മാംസ്യം (maamsyam)
Polish: białko (pl) n
Romanian: proteină (ro) f
Russian: белок (ru) (b'elók) m , протеин (ru) (proteín) m
Serbo-Croatian: bjelánčevina (sh) f, belánčevina (sh) f
Slovene: beljakovina (sl) f
Spanish: proteína (es) f
Swedish: protein (sv) n, äggviteämne (sv) n
Turkish: protein (tr)

biochemistry: a large, complex molecule composed of long chains of amino acids

Armenian: սպիտակուց (hy) (spitakuc')
Catalan: proteïna (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蛋白質 (cmn), 蛋白质 (cmn) (dànbáizhì)
Czech: bílkovina (cs) f
Danish: protein (da) n
Dutch: proteïne (nl) c, eiwit (nl) n
Finnish: proteiini (fi), valkuaisaine (fi)
French: protéine (fr) f
German: Protein (de) n
Greek: πρωτεΐνη (el) (proteḯni) f
Hebrew: חלבון (he) ('helbon) m
Hindi: प्रोभूजिन (hi) (prōbhūjin) m
Italian: proteina (it) f
Japanese: 蛋白質 (たんぱくしつ, tanpakushitsu)

Latvian: olbaltums (lv) m, olbaltumvielas (lv) f pl
Lojban: lanbi (jbo)
Malay: protein (ms)
Pashto: پروټين (ps)
Persian: پروتئین (fa) (porotein)
Polish: białko (pl) n, proteina (pl) f
Portuguese: proteína (pt) f
Romanian: proteină (ro) f
Russian: белок (b'elók) m, протеин (proteín) m
Serbo-Croatian: bjelánčevina (sh) f, belánčevina (sh) f
Slovene: beljakovina (sl) f
Spanish: proteína (es) f
Swedish: protein (sv) n, äggviteämne (sv) n

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