proteic

proteic

English

Etymology

Compare French protéique. Cf. protein, proteinic. From the stem of Ancient Greek πρωτεῖος (prōteîos) and the suffix -ic.

Adjective

proteic (not comparable)

1. proteinic

Anagrams

• perotic, preotic

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈtɛjk/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈtɛjk/

Etymology 1

Proteu, proteu +‎ -ic

Adjective

proteic (feminine proteica, masculine plural proteics, feminine plural proteiques)

1. protean

   Synonym: proteïforme

Etymology 2

proteïna (“protein”) +‎ -ic

Adjective

proteic (feminine proteica, masculine plural proteics, feminine plural proteiques)

1. protein (attributive)

Further reading

• “proteic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “proteic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “proteic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “proteic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French protéique.

Adjective

proteic m or n (feminine singular proteică, masculine plural proteici, feminine and neuter plural proteice)

1. proteinic
2. protean

Declension

Declension of proteic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	proteic		proteică	proteici	proteice
	definite	proteicul		proteica	proteicii	proteicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	proteic		proteice	proteici	proteice
	definite	proteicului		proteicei	proteicilor	proteicelor