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Protein
protein
protein
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English
Noun
protein (countable and uncountable, plural proteins)
- (biochemistry) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.
-  (nutrition) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (ie: meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes. see carbohydrate and fat for the other two major classes
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Synonyms
- Wikisaurus:protein
Meronyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
biochemistry: complex molecule
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class of food
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References
- ↑ New Oxford Dictionary of English
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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprotɛʲin]
- Hyphenation: pro‧te‧in
Noun
protein (plural proteinek)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | protein | proteinek | 
| accusative | proteint | proteineket | 
| dative | proteinnek | proteineknek | 
| instrumental | proteinnel | proteinekkel | 
| causal-final | proteinért | proteinekért | 
| translative | proteinné | proteinekké | 
| terminative | proteinig | proteinekig | 
| essive-formal | proteinként | proteinekként | 
| essive-modal | — | — | 
| inessive | proteinben | proteinekben | 
| superessive | proteinen | proteineken | 
| adessive | proteinnél | proteineknél | 
| illative | proteinbe | proteinekbe | 
| sublative | proteinre | proteinekre | 
| allative | proteinhez | proteinekhez | 
| elative | proteinből | proteinekből | 
| delative | proteinről | proteinekről | 
| ablative | proteintől | proteinektől | 
| Possessive forms of protein | ||
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| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions | 
| 1st person sing. | proteinem | proteinjeim | 
| 2nd person sing. | proteined | proteinjeid | 
| 3rd person sing. | proteinje | proteinjei | 
| 1st person plural | proteinünk | proteinjeink | 
| 2nd person plural | proteinetek | proteinjeitek | 
| 3rd person plural | proteinjük | proteinjeik | 
References
- ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein or proteiner, definite plural proteina or proteinene)
References
- “protein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein, definite plural proteina)
References
- “protein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
protein n (uncountable)
Declension
Declension of protein 
| uncountable | uncountable | |||
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| Neuter | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative | protein | proteinet | ||
| genitive | proteins | proteinets | ||