proto

From the prefix proto-.

proto (not comparable)

1. Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something.
   • 2007 March 11, Horacio Silva, “Muscle Man”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] he photographed his tenant, the proto male supermodel Matt Collins, for Italian Harper’s Bazaar.

proto (plural protos)

1. (informal, fashion) A prototype of a design.
   • 2013, Lisa Springsteel, Becoming a Fashion Designer:

     […] attending various fabric trade shows across the country and internationally; reviewing protos (prototypes) and strike-offs; approving final designs; and communicating with overseas mills.

2. (furry fandom, informal) A protogen.

• Troop, poort, porto-, porto, Topor, tropo, tropo-, troop, proot, Porto

• IPA^(key): [ˈproto]

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proto

1. therefore, hence, that is why

• pročež (“wherefore”)
• tudíž (“therefore, hence”)
• tedy (“therefore, hence, thus, so”)
• takže (“thus, so”)
• proč (“why”)

• “proto”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “proto”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “proto”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Clipping of prototyyppi

• IPA^(key): /ˈproto/, [ˈpro̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification^(key): pro‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): pro‧to

proto (colloquial)

1. prototype

• prototyyppi

• “proto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (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

• porot

From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: prò‧to

proto m (plural proti)

1. (archaic or regional) chief of a workforce
2. (architecture, regional, Venice) an architect in charge of maintenance and restoration of St Mark's Basilica
3. the chief worker in a print shop, in charge of composition and layout
4. (by extension) typographer, typographist

   Synonyms: stampatore, tipografo

5. (archaic) know-it-all

   Synonym: saccente

• sproto

• proto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• -tropo, porto, portò, potrò, tropo