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”).

Noun

plankton (usually uncountable, plural planktons)

Small (often microscopic) organisms that float in the water. (A single organism is known as a plankter.)

Coordinate terms

nekton

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea

Catalan: plàncton m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮游生物 (zh) (fúyóu shēngwù)
Czech: plankton m
Esperanto: planktono
Finnish: plankton (fi), keijusto
French: plancton (fr) m
Galician: plancto (gl) m
German: Plankton (de) n
Greek: πλαγκτόν (el) n (plagktón)
Hindi: प्लवक (hi) m (plavak)
Hungarian: plankton (hu)
Ido: planktono (io), plankton (io)
Indonesian: plankton (id)
Interlingua: plancton

Irish: planctón m
Italian: plancton (it) m
Japanese: 浮遊生物 (ふゆうせいぶつ, fuyūseibutsu), プランクトン (purankuton)
Korean: 플랑크톤 (peullangkeuton)
Maori: meroiti
Norwegian: plankton (no) n
Polish: plankton (pl) m inan
Portuguese: plâncton (pt) m
Russian: планкто́н (ru) m (planktón)
Spanish: plancton m
Swedish: plankton (sv) n
Thai: แพลงก์ตอน (plɛng-dtɔn)
Urdu: پیراکو‎ m (pirākū)
Vietnamese: sinh vật phù du

Estonian

Noun

plankton (genitive planktoni, partitive planktonit)

plankton

Inflection

Inflection of plankton (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
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

hõljum

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈplɑŋkton/, [ˈplɑŋkt̪o̞n]
Hyphenation: plank‧ton

Noun

plankton

plankton

Declension

Inflection of plankton (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		plankton	planktonit
genitive		planktonin	planktonien
partitive		planktonia	planktoneja
illative		planktoniin	planktoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		plankton	planktonit
accusative	nom.	plankton	planktonit
accusative	gen.	planktonin	planktonit
genitive		planktonin	planktonien
partitive		planktonia	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		—	planktoneineen

Synonyms

keijusto

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).

Noun

plankton n (definite singular planktonet, uncountable)

plankton

Derived terms

dyreplankton

References

“plankton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).

Noun

plankton n (definite singular planktonet, uncountable)

plankton

Derived terms

dyreplankton

References

“plankton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /plǎnktoːn/
Hyphenation: plank‧ton

Noun

plànktōn m (Cyrillic spelling пла̀нкто̄н)

plankton

Declension

Declension of plankton

	singular
nominative	plànktōn
genitive	planktóna
dative	planktonu
accusative	plankton
vocative	planktone
locative	planktonu
instrumental	planktonom

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