protoplast
English
Etymology
From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.tə(ʊ)ˌplast/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌplæst/
Adjective
protoplast (comparative more protoplast, superlative most protoplast)
- (obsolete) Created first; archetypal. [16th–17th c.]
Noun
protoplast (plural protoplasts)
- The first-created human; Adam. [from 16th c.]
- (rare) A prototype or archetype; a model. [from 17th c.]
- The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor. [from 17th c.]
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 121:
- Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 121:
- (biology) The contents of a plant cell. [from 19th c.]
Translations
contents of a plant cell
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Romanian
Etymology
From French protoplaste.
Noun
protoplast n (plural protoplaste)
- protoplast
Declension
Declension of protoplast
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) protoplast | protoplastul | (niște) protoplaste | protoplastele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) protoplast | protoplastului | (unor) protoplaste | protoplastelor |
| vocative | protoplastule | protoplastelor | ||