plankton

Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by German zoologist and marine biologist Victor Hensen. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”) +‎ -on.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplæŋk.tən/

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plankton (usually uncountable, plural planktons or plankton)

1. (uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.
2. (countable) A plankter, any single organism that drifts in water.

• nekton
• neuston
• psammon
• pleuston
• seston
• benthon

• → Irish: planctón
• → Thai: แพลงก์ตอน (plɛng-dtɔ̂n)

• “plankton”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• plankton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).

plankton n (singular definite planktonet, not used in plural form)

1. (uncountable) plankton
2. (countable) a plankton

   Synonym: (rare) svæv

• “plankton” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”), via German Plankton.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑnkton/, [ˈplɑŋkˑton]
• Rhymes: -ɑnkton
• Hyphenation: plank‧ton

plankton (genitive planktoni, partitive planktonit)

1. (marine biology) plankton (a collection of immobile or slightly mobile organisms floating in a body of water)

   Synonym: hõljum

• plankton in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “plankton”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Internationalism (see German Plankton), ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑŋkton/, [ˈplɑ̝ŋkt̪o̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkton
• Syllabification^(key): plank‧ton
• Hyphenation^(key): plank‧ton

plankton

1. plankton

• keijusto
• kellujaelosto

• “plankton”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).

plankton n (definite singular planktonet, uncountable)

1. plankton

• dyreplankton

• “plankton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).

plankton n (definite singular planktonet, uncountable)

1. plankton

• dyreplankton

• “plankton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Internationalism; compare English plankton, French plancton, German Plankton, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaŋ.ktɔn/

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• Rhymes: -aŋktɔn
• Syllabification: plan‧kton

plankton m inan (related adjective planktonowy or planktoniczny)

1. (marine biology) plankton (generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea)
2. (figurative) plankton (totality of individuals, institutions, and organizations that have little importance in a given sphere of social life)

• plankton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• plankton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

plànktōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling пла̀нкто̄н)

1. plankton

plankton n

1. (uncountable) plankton
2. (countable) a plankton

• plankton in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• plankton in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• plankton in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)