keratin

See also: Keratin

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrətɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

keratin (countable and uncountable, plural keratins)

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

Derived terms

• antikeratin
• cytokeratin
• eukeratin
• keratinaceous
• keratinase
• keratinic
• keratinisation
• keratinise
• keratinization
• keratinize
• keratinocyte
• keratinogenesis
• keratinoid
• keratinolysis
• keratinolytic
• keratinophage
• keratinophagous
• keratinophilic
• keratinosome
• keratinous
• neurokeratin
• nonkeratin
• parakeratin

 

Translations

protein that hair and nails are made of

• Arabic: كيراتين m
• Bulgarian: кератин m (keratin)
• Catalan: queratina f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 角質かくしつ／角すみ质 (gok³ zat¹)

  Mandarin: 角質かくしつ／角すみ质 (zh) (jiǎozhì), 角すみ蛋白たんぱく (zh) (jiǎodànbái), 角すみ朊 (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

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. keratin

References

• “keratin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

keratin n

1. (biochemistry) keratin

   Synonym: hornämne

Declension

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

References

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