plankton
See also: Plankton
English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈplæŋk.tən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file)
Derived terms
- 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
Translations
generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea
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Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplɑnkton/, [ˈplɑŋkˑton]
Inflection
| 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
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see German Plankton), ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplɑŋkton/, [ˈplɑ̝ŋkt̪o̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑŋkton
- Syllabification(key): plank‧ton
Declension
| 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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Synonyms
Further reading
- “plankton”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).
Derived terms
References
- “plankton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).
Derived terms
References
- “plankton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
plankton
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English plankton, French plancton, German Plankton, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplaŋ.ktɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aŋktɔn
- Syllabification: plan‧kton
Noun
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
Derived terms
adjective
- planktonożerny
nouns
- plankton wirówkowy
- planktoniarnia
Related terms
nouns
- planktolog
- planktologia
- planktonolog
- planktonologia
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plǎnktoːn/
- Hyphenation: plank‧ton
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of plankton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | plankton | planktonet | plankton | planktonen |
| Genitive | planktons | planktonets | planktons | planktonens |
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