protoplast
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
protoplast (comparative more protoplast, superlative most protoplast)
- (obsolete) Created first; archetypal. [16th–17th c.]
Noun edit
protoplast (plural protoplasts)
- The first-created human; Adam. [from 16th c.]
- (rare) A prototype or archetype; a model. [from 17th c.]
- The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor. [from 17th c.]
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 121:
- Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram.
- (biology) The contents of a plant cell. [from 19th c.]
Translations edit
contents of a plant cell
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French protoplaste.
Noun edit
protoplast n (plural protoplaste)
Declension edit
Declension of protoplast
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) protoplast | protoplastul | (niște) protoplaste | protoplastele |
genitive/dative | (unui) protoplast | protoplastului | (unor) protoplaste | protoplastelor |
vocative | protoplastule | protoplastelor |