proto
English edit
Etymology edit
From the prefix proto-.
Adjective edit
proto (not comparable)
- Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something.
- 2007 March 11, Horacio Silva, “Muscle Man”, in New York Times[1]:
- […] he photographed his tenant, the proto male supermodel Matt Collins, for Italian Harper’s Bazaar.
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proto
See also edit
- pročež (“wherefore”)
- tudíž (“therefore, hence”)
- tedy (“therefore, hence, thus, so”)
- takže (“thus, so”)
- proč (“why”)
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Finnish edit
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Noun edit
proto (colloquial)
Declension edit
Inflection of proto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | proto | protot | ||
genitive | proton | protojen | ||
partitive | protoa | protoja | ||
illative | protoon | protoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | proto | protot | ||
accusative | nom. | proto | protot | |
gen. | proton | |||
genitive | proton | protojen | ||
partitive | protoa | protoja | ||
inessive | protossa | protoissa | ||
elative | protosta | protoista | ||
illative | protoon | protoihin | ||
adessive | protolla | protoilla | ||
ablative | protolta | protoilta | ||
allative | protolle | protoille | ||
essive | protona | protoina | ||
translative | protoksi | protoiksi | ||
abessive | prototta | protoitta | ||
instructive | — | protoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “proto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).
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Noun edit
proto m (plural proti)
- (archaic or regional) chief of a workforce
- (architecture, regional, Venice) an architect in charge of maintenance and restoration of St Mark's Basilica
- the chief worker in a print shop, in charge of composition and layout
- (by extension) typographer, typographist
- Synonyms: stampatore, tipografo
- (archaic) know-it-all
- Synonym: saccente
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Further reading edit
- proto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication