plancton

See also: planctón and plâncton

French

Etymology

From German Plankton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑ̃k.tɔ̃/

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Noun

plancton m (uncountable)

1. (biology) plankton

Derived terms

• planctonique

Descendants

• → Romanian: plancton

Further reading

• “plancton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplank.ton/
• Rhymes: -ankton
• Hyphenation: plànc‧ton

Noun

plancton m (invariable)

1. (biology) plankton

Related terms

• fitoplancton
• limnoplancton
• macroplancton
• microplancton
• planctonico
• zooplancton

 

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French plancton.

Noun

plancton n (plural planctonuri)

1. plankton

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	plancton	planctonul		planctone	planctonele
genitive-dative	plancton	planctonului		planctone	planctonelor
vocative	planctonule			planctonelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Plankton, from Ancient Greek πλαγκτόν (planktón), neuter form of πλαγκτός (planktós, “wandering”), from πλάζω (plázō, “to turn aside, to wander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanɡton/ [ˈplãŋɡ.t̪õn]
• Rhymes: -anɡton
• Syllabification: planc‧ton

Noun

plancton m (uncountable)

1. (biology) plankton

Derived terms

• batiplancton
• epiplancton
• fitoplancton
• holoplancton
• meroplancton
• planctónico
• zooplancton

 

Further reading

• “plancton”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10