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 === enPR: prō′tə-plăst′ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.təˌplæst/, /-ˌplast/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.təˌplæst/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʉ.təˌplæst/, /ˈpɹɐʉ-/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɐʉ.təˌplɛst/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈpɹo.təˌplast/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈpɾoː.ʈoˌplæsʈ/ === 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.] (biology) The contents of a plant cell. [from 19th c.] ==== Translations ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /prɔˈtɔ.plast/ Rhymes: -ɔplast Syllabification: pro‧to‧plast === Noun === protoplast m inan (biology) protoplast (contents of a plant cell) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “protoplast”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French protoplaste. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpro.to.plast/ === Noun === protoplast n (plural protoplaste) protoplast ==== Declension ====