plankton
See also: Plankton
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by Viktor 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)
Noun
plankton (usually uncountable, plural planktons or plankton)
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
Inflection
Inflection of plankton (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | plankton | planktonid |
| accusative | planktoni | planktonid |
| genitive | planktoni | 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 | ||
| instructive | — | planktonein | ||
| abessive | planktonitta | planktoneitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
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
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek planktós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplaŋ.ktɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aŋktɔn
- Syllabification: plan‧kton
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plǎnktoːn/
- Hyphenation: plank‧ton
Declension
Declension of plankton
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | plànktōn |
| genitive | planktóna |
| dative | planktonu |
| accusative | plankton |
| vocative | planktone |
| locative | planktonu |
| instrumental | planktonom |
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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