protoplasme

French

Etymology

From German Protoplasma, coined by Czech physiologist Johannes Evangelista Purkinje, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”). The word was in Late Latin, meaning "first created thing," and may have existed in Medieval Greek in a different sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁo.to.plasm/

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• Homophone: protoplasmes

Noun

protoplasme m (plural protoplasmes)

1. (cytology) protoplasm

Further reading

• “protoplasme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.