keratin

English edit

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keratin

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrətɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun edit

keratin (countable and uncountable, plural keratins)

(biochemistry) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

protein that hair and nails are made of

Arabic: كيراتين m
Bulgarian: кератин m (keratin)
Catalan: queratina f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 角質／角质 (gok³ zat¹)

Mandarin: 角質／角质 (zh) (jiǎozhì), 角蛋白 (zh) (jiǎodànbái), 角朊 (zh) (jiǎoruǎn)
Czech: keratin (cs) m, rohovina f
Danish: keratin
Dutch: keratine (nl) f
Esperanto: kerato
Finnish: keratiini (fi)
French: kératine (fr) f
Galician: queratina f
German: Keratin (de) n, Hornstoff m, Hornsubstanz f
Icelandic: hyrni n, hornefni n, keratín n
Ido: keratino (io)
Irish: ceiritin
Italian: cheratina (it) f
Japanese: ケラチン (ja) (kerachin)
Khmer: កេរ៉ាទីន (keeraatiin)
Maori: keratini
Norwegian:
Bokmål: keratin n

Nynorsk: keratin n
Occitan: queratina (oc)
Persian: کراتین (kerâtin)
Polish: keratyna (pl) f
Portuguese: queratina (pt)
Russian: керати́н (ru) m (keratín), рогово́е вещество́ n (rogovóje veščestvó)
Spanish: queratina (es) f
Swedish: keratin (sv) n, hornämne n
Turkish: keratin (tr)

References edit

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “keratin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams edit

Katrine, intaker, kreatin, tankier

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From English keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας +‎ -in.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: ke‧ra‧tin

Noun edit

keratin

(biochemistry) keratin

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

keratin

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) +‎ -in.

Noun edit

keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina or keratinene)

keratin

References edit

“keratin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“keratin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

keratin

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) +‎ -in.

Noun edit

keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina)

keratin

References edit

“keratin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish edit

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

keratin

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun edit

keratin n

(biochemistry) keratin
Synonym: hornämne

Declension edit

Declension of keratin
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	keratin	keratinet	—	—
Genitive	keratins	keratinets	—	—

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