proton

See also: Proton, protón, and próton

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton), neuter of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”)

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.tɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.tɑːn/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pro‧ton

NounEdit

proton (plural protons)

1. (physics) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.

SynonymsEdit

• p (symbolic)

HypernymsEdit

• nucleon

Coordinate termsEdit

• neutron
• electron
• deuteron
• triton

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from proton

• antiproton
• diproton
• interproton
• nonproton
• photoproton
• protic

• protonate
• protonation
• proton capture
• protonic
• protonium
• protonlike

• protonmotive
• proton number
• protonophore
• proton pump
• prototropy
• quasiproton

TranslationsEdit

positively charged nucleon

• Albanian: proton (sq) m
• Arabic: بْرُوتُون‏‎ m (brutūn)
• Armenian: պրոտոն (hy) (proton)
• Asturian: protón m
• Basque: protoi
• Bengali: প্রোটন (proţôn)
• Breton: proton (collective noun), protonenn (singular f)
• Bulgarian: протон (bg) m (protón)
• Catalan: protó (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 質子, 质子 (jat¹ ji²)

  Mandarin: 質子 (zh), 质子 (zh) (zhìzǐ)

• Czech: proton (cs) m
• Danish: proton (da)
• Dutch: proton (nl) n
• Esperanto: protono (eo)
• Finnish: protoni (fi)
• French: proton (fr) m
• Galician: protón (gl) m
• German: Proton (de) n
• Greek: πρωτόνιο (el) n (protónio)
• Gujarati: પ્રાણુ (prāṇu)
• Hawaiian: huna ʻāne
• Hindi: प्रोटॉन (proṭŏn), प्राणु (prāṇu)
• Hungarian: proton (hu)
• Icelandic: róteind (is) f
• Ido: protono (io)
• Indonesian: proton (id)

• Interlingua: proton
• Irish: prótón m
• Italian: protone (it)
• Japanese: 陽子 (ja) (ようし, yōshi)
• Khmer: មូលាណូ (moul la no), ប្រូតុង (bro tong)
• Korean: 양자 (ko) (yangja) (陽子 (ko)), 양성자 (ko) (yangseongja) (陽性子 (ko))
• Latin: proton, protonis
• Latvian: protons m
• Malay: proton
• Maori: iraoho
• Marathi: प्राणू (prāṇū)
• Norwegian: proton (no)
• Persian: پروتون‏‎ (fa) (prutun)
• Polish: proton (pl) m
• Portuguese: próton (pt) m
• Romanian: proton (ro) m
• Russian: прото́н (ru) m (protón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: про̀то̄н m

  Roman: pròtōn (sh) m

• Slovene: proton (sl) m
• Spanish: protón (es)
• Swedish: proton (sv) c
• Tagalog: mulasik
• Thai: โปรตอน (th)
• Turkish: proton (tr)
• Vietnamese: proton (vi)
• Yiddish: פּראָטאָן‏‎ m (proton)

AnagramsEdit

• pronto

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AfrikaansEdit

NounEdit

proton (plural protone)

1. (physics) proton

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

proton m

1. proton

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DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [pʰʁoˈtˢoˀn]

NounEdit

proton c (singular definite protonen, plural indefinite protoner)

1. (physics) proton

DeclensionEdit

Declension of proton

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	proton	protonen	protoner	protonerne
genitive	protons	protonens	protoners	protonernes

ReferencesEdit

• “proton” in Den Danske Ordbog

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

proton n (plural protonen)

1. (physics) proton

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.tɔ̃/

• audio

  (file)

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

NounEdit

proton m (plural protons)

1. (physics) proton

Further readingEdit

• “proton” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈproton]
• Hyphenation: pro‧ton

NounEdit

proton (plural protonok)

1. (physics) proton (positively charged subatomic particle)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	proton	protonok
accusative	protont	protonokat
dative	protonnak	protonoknak
instrumental	protonnal	protonokkal
causal-final	protonért	protonokért
translative	protonná	protonokká
terminative	protonig	protonokig
essive-formal	protonként	protonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	protonban	protonokban
superessive	protonon	protonokon
adessive	protonnál	protonoknál
illative	protonba	protonokba
sublative	protonra	protonokra
allative	protonhoz	protonokhoz
elative	protonból	protonokból
delative	protonról	protonokról
ablative	protontól	protonoktól

Possessive forms of proton
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	protonom	protonjaim
2nd person sing.	protonod	protonjaid
3rd person sing.	protonja	protonjai
1st person plural	protonunk	protonjaink
2nd person plural	protonotok	protonjaitok
3rd person plural	protonjuk	protonjaik

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.ton/, [ˈproː.tõ]

NounEdit

prōton n (genitive prōtōnis); third declension

1. (physics) proton

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	prōton	prōtōnēs
genitive	prōtōnis	prōtōnum
dative	prōtōnī	prōtōnibus
accusative	prōtōnem	prōtōnēs
ablative	prōtōne	prōtōnibus
vocative	prōton	prōtōnēs

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NorwegianEdit

NounEdit

proton

1. (physics) proton

InflectionEdit

    Inflection of proton

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	proton	protonet	proton/protoner	protona/protonene
Nynorsk n	proton	protonet	proton	protona

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.tɔn/

NounEdit

proton m inan

1. proton

DeclensionEdit

declension of proton

	singular	plural
nominative	proton	protony
genitive	protonu	protonów
dative	protonowi	protonom
accusative	proton	protony
instrumental	protonem	protonami
locative	protonie	protonach
vocative	protonie	protony

Derived termsEdit

• protonowy

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

NounEdit

pròtōn m (Cyrillic spelling про̀то̄н)

1. proton

DeclensionEdit

Declension of proton

	singular	plural
nominative	pròtōn	protoni
genitive	protóna	protona
dative	protonu	protonima
accusative	proton	protone
vocative	protone	protoni
locative	protonu	protonima
instrumental	protonom	protonima

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /prʊˈtoːn/

NounEdit

proton c

1. (physics) proton

DeclensionEdit

Declension of proton
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	proton	protonen	protoner	protonerna
Genitive	protons	protonens	protoners	protonernas

See alsoEdit

• neutron
• elektron