plankton

Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by German zoologist and marine biologist Victor Hensen. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”) +‎ -on. Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτόν (planktón, “drifting”), neuter nominative of πλαγκτός (planktós), from πλάζομαι (plázomai, “to wander, drift”), from πλάζω (plázō, “to cause to wander, drive astray”). By surface analysis, plankt- +‎ -on.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplæŋ(k).tən/

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• Rhymes: -æŋktən, -æŋtən

plankton (usually uncountable, plural planktons or plankton)

1. (uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.

   Whales feed on tiny plankton drifting in the ocean.

   The lake water was full of microscopic plankton.

   The study focused on the role of plankton in the food chain.

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

Declension of plankton (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		plankton	planktonid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	planktoni
genitive			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

• 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

Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by German zoologist and marine biologist Victor Hensen.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈplankton/ [ˈplank̚.t̪ɔn]
• Rhymes: -ankton
• Syllabification: plank‧ton

plankton (plural plankton-plankton)

1. plankton

• “plankton”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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)