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)

1. (obsolete) Created first; archetypal. [16th–17th c.]

Noun

protoplast (plural protoplasts)

1. The first-created human; Adam. [from 16th c.]
2. (rare) A prototype or archetype; a model. [from 17th c.]
3. The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 121:

     Habsburg tradition insists that the protoplast of the family was called Guntram.

4. (biology) The contents of a plant cell. [from 19th c.]

Translations

contents of a plant cell

• Esperanto: protoplasto
• Greek: πρωτοπλάστης (el) m (protoplástis)
• Ido: protoplasto (io)
• Irish: prótaplast m
• Spanish: protoplasto (es) m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French protoplaste.

Noun

protoplast n (plural protoplaste)

1. protoplast

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	protoplast	protoplastul		protoplaste	protoplastele
genitive-dative	protoplast	protoplastului		protoplaste	protoplastelor
vocative	protoplastule			protoplastelor