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.
Coordinate terms
[edit]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
Related terms
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[edit]Translations
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References
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”), via German Plankton.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]plankton (genitive planktoni, partitive planktonit)
- (marine biology) plankton (a collection of immobile or slightly mobile organisms floating in a body of water)
- Synonym: hõljum
Declension
[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 |
References
[edit]- plankton in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “plankton”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see German Plankton), ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).
Pronunciation
[edit]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. |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]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 |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- plankton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- plankton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]plànktōn m (Cyrillic spelling пла̀нкто̄н)
Declension
[edit]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
- (uncountable) plankton
- (countable) a plankton
Declension
[edit]Declension of plankton | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | plankton | planktonet | plankton | planktonen |
Genitive | planktons | planktonets | planktons | planktonens |
References
[edit]- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Marine biology
- Estonian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑnkton
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑnkton/2 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- et:Marine biology
- Estonian õpik-type nominals
- Finnish internationalisms
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑŋkton
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑŋkton/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- fi:Marine biology
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- nb:Marine biology
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- nn:Marine biology
- Polish internationalisms
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/aŋktɔn
- Rhymes:Polish/aŋktɔn/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Marine biology
- Polish singularia tantum
- pl:Collectives
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish uncountable nouns
- Swedish countable nouns