keratin

See also: Keratin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrətɪn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

keratin (countable and uncountable, plural keratins)

(biochemistry) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.

Derived terms

Translations

protein that hair and nails are made of

Arabic: كيراتين m
Bulgarian: кератин m (keratin)
Catalan: queratina f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 角質／角质 (gok³ zat¹)

Mandarin: 角質／角质 (zh) (jiǎozhì), 角蛋白 (zh) (jiǎodànbái), 角朊 (zh) (jiǎoruǎn)
Czech: keratin (cs) m, rohovina f
Danish: keratin
Dutch: keratine (nl) f
Esperanto: kerato
Finnish: keratiini (fi)
French: kératine (fr) f
Galician: queratina f
German: Keratin (de) n, Hornstoff m, Hornsubstanz f
Icelandic: hyrni n, hornefni n, keratín n
Ido: keratino (io)
Irish: ceiritin
Italian: cheratina (it) f
Japanese: ケラチン (ja) (kerachin)
Khmer: កេរ៉ាទីន (keeraatiin)
Maori: keratini
Norwegian:
Bokmål: keratin n

Nynorsk: keratin n
Occitan: queratina (oc)
Persian: کراتین (kerâtin)
Polish: keratyna (pl) f
Portuguese: queratina (pt)
Russian: керати́н (ru) m (keratín), рогово́е вещество́ n (rogovóje veščestvó)
Spanish: queratina (es) f
Swedish: keratin (sv) n, hornämne n
Turkish: keratin (tr)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “keratin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

Katrine, intaker, kreatin, tankier

Cebuano

Etymology

From English keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ke‧ra‧tin

Noun

keratin

(biochemistry) keratin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) +‎ -in.

Noun

keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina or keratinene)

keratin

References

“keratin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“keratin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) +‎ -in.

Noun

keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina)

keratin

References

“keratin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

keratin n

(biochemistry) keratin
Synonym: hornämne

Declension

Declension of keratin
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	keratin	keratinet	—	—
Genitive	keratins	keratinets	—	—

References

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