keratin

keratin

See also: Keratin

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrətɪn/

Noun

keratin (countable and uncountable, plural keratins)

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

Derived terms

• keratinous
• keratinize

Translations

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 Khmer: កេរ៉ាទីន (keeraatiin) Maori: keratini Norwegian: Bokmål: keratin n Nynorsk: keratin n Occitan: queratina Persian: کراتین‎ (kerâtin) Polish: keratyna (pl) f Portuguese: queratina (pt) Russian: керати́н (ru) m (keratín), рогово́е вещество́ n (rogovóje veščestvó) Spanish: queratina f Swedish: keratin (sv) Turkish: keratin (tr)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “keratin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Katrine, intaker, kreatin, tankier

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Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ke‧ra‧tin

Noun

keratin

1. (biochemistry) keratin

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) +‎ -in.

Noun

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

1. keratin

References

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) +‎ -in.

Noun

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

1. keratin

References

• “keratin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.