plankton
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by German zoologist and marine biologist Victor Hensen and derived from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”), from πλάζω (plázō, “I turn aside, wander”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plankton (usually uncountable, plural planktons or plankton)
- (uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.
- (countable) A plankter, any single organism that drifts in water.
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Derived terms edit
- aeroplankton
- archaeoplankton
- bacterioplankton
- bathyplankton
- epiplankton
- femtoplankton
- haliplankton
- holoplankton
- jellyplankton
- limnoplankton
- macroplankton
- megaplankton
- meroplankton
- mesoplankton
- microplankton
- mycoplankton
- nanoplankton
- nektoplankton
- office plankton
- phytoplankton
- picoplankton
- planktonic
- planktonivory
- potamoplankton
- protozooplankton
- pseudoplankton
- tychoplankton
- zooplankton
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Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plankton (genitive planktoni, partitive planktonit)
Inflection edit
Declension of plankton (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | plankton | planktonid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | planktoni | ||
genitive | planktonite | ||
partitive | planktonit | planktoneid | |
illative | planktonisse | planktonitesse planktoneisse | |
inessive | planktonis | planktonites planktoneis | |
elative | planktonist | planktonitest planktoneist | |
allative | planktonile | planktonitele planktoneile | |
adessive | planktonil | planktonitel planktoneil | |
ablative | planktonilt | planktonitelt planktoneilt | |
translative | planktoniks | planktoniteks planktoneiks | |
terminative | planktonini | planktoniteni | |
essive | planktonina | planktonitena | |
abessive | planktonita | planktoniteta | |
comitative | planktoniga | planktonitega |
Synonyms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see German Plankton), ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).
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Noun edit
plankton
Declension edit
Inflection of plankton (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | plankton | planktonit | ||
genitive | planktonin | planktonien planktoneiden planktoneitten | ||
partitive | planktonia | planktoneita planktoneja | ||
illative | planktoniin | planktoneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | plankton | planktonit | ||
accusative | nom. | plankton | planktonit | |
gen. | planktonin | |||
genitive | planktonin | planktonien planktoneiden planktoneitten | ||
partitive | planktonia | planktoneita planktoneja | ||
inessive | planktonissa | planktoneissa | ||
elative | planktonista | planktoneista | ||
illative | planktoniin | planktoneihin | ||
adessive | planktonilla | planktoneilla | ||
ablative | planktonilta | planktoneilta | ||
allative | planktonille | planktoneille | ||
essive | planktonina | planktoneina | ||
translative | planktoniksi | planktoneiksi | ||
abessive | planktonitta | planktoneitta | ||
instructive | — | planktonein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “plankton”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).
Noun edit
plankton n (definite singular planktonet, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “plankton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).
Noun edit
plankton n (definite singular planktonet, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “plankton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; compare English plankton, French plancton, German Plankton, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plankton m inan (related adjective planktonowy or planktoniczny)
- (marine biology) plankton (generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea)
- (figurative) plankton (totality of individuals, institutions, and organizations that have little importance in a given sphere of social life)
Declension edit
singular | |
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nominative | plankton |
genitive | planktonu |
dative | planktonowi |
accusative | plankton |
instrumental | planktonem |
locative | planktonie |
vocative | planktonie |
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plànktōn m (Cyrillic spelling пла̀нкто̄н)
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singular | |
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nominative | plànktōn |
genitive | planktóna |
dative | planktonu |
accusative | plankton |
vocative | planktone |
locative | planktonu |
instrumental | planktonom |
Swedish edit
Noun edit
plankton n
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Declension of plankton | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | plankton | planktonet | plankton | planktonen |
Genitive | planktons | planktonets | planktons | planktonens |