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6-letter words (2 found)

PRONTO,PROTON,

5-letter words (5 found)

POORT,PORNO,PROTO,ROTON,TROOP,

4-letter words (21 found)

NOOP,ONTO,OONT,PONT,POON,POOR,POOT,PORN,PORT,PROO,RONT,ROON,ROOP,ROOT,ROTO,TOON,TOPO,TORN,TORO,TRON,TROP,

3-letter words (19 found)

NOO,NOR,NOT,ONO,OON,OOP,OOR,OOT,OPT,ORT,POO,POT,PRO,ROO,ROT,TON,TOO,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (7 found)

NO,ON,OO,OP,OR,PO,TO,

You can make 54 words from proton according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of proton

proton

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton), neuter of πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).

(physics): Coined by New Zealand-British scientist Ernest Rutherford in 1920, in analogy with electron (1891), and with an additional intention of honoring English chemist William Prout. Analyzable as proto- +‎ -on

(anatomy): (1893); a translation of German Anlage (“fundamental thing”) based on Aristotle’s phrase he prote ousia to proton.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.tɒn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.tɑn/
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊtɒn, (US) -oʊtɑn
  • Hyphenation: pro‧ton

Noun

proton (plural protons)

  1. (physics) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.
    Comeronyms: neutron, electron
    Holonyms: atom, nucleus
    1. The atomic nucleus of protium (hydrogen-1)
      Coordinate terms: hydron, deuteron, triton
  2. (obsolete, anatomy) Synonym of primordium

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See also

  • proton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

  • Porton, pronto

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Noun

proton (plural protone)

  1. (physics) proton

See also

  • proton on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Wikipedia af

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpro.tːɔ̃n/

Noun

proton m (collective, plural protonennoù, singulative protonenn)

  1. (physics) protons

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈproton]
  • Rhymes: -oton

Noun

proton m inan

  1. proton

Declension

Further reading

  • proton in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • proton in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʰʁoˈtˢoˀn]
  • Rhymes: -oːˀn

Noun

proton c (singular definite protonen, plural indefinite protoner)

  1. (physics) proton

Declension

References

  • “proton” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

proton n (plural protonen)

  1. (physics) proton

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.tɔ̃/

Noun

proton m (plural protons)

  1. (physics) proton

Further reading

  • “proton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈproton]
  • Hyphenation: pro‧ton
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

proton (plural protonok)

  1. (physics) proton (positively charged subatomic particle)

Declension

Further reading

  • proton in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Noun

proton

  1. (physics) A proton.

Latin

Etymology

From the neuter form πρῶτον (prôton) of Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈproː.ton/, [ˈproːt̪ɔn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ton/, [ˈprɔːt̪on]

Noun

prōton m (genitive prōtōnis); third declension

  1. (physics, New Latin) proton

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Malay

Noun

proton (plural proton-proton, informal 1st possessive protonku, 2nd possessive protonmu, 3rd possessive protonnya)

  1. proton

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton).

Noun

proton n (definite singular protonet, indefinite plural proton or protoner, definite plural protona or protonene)

  1. (physics) proton

References

  • “proton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton).

Noun

proton n (definite singular protonet, indefinite plural proton, definite plural protona)

  1. (physics) proton

References

  • “proton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.tɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɔn
  • Syllabification: pro‧ton

Noun

proton m inan

  1. proton

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French proton.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /proˈton/

Noun

proton m (plural protoni)

  1. proton

Declension

Further reading

  • proton in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pròtōn m (Cyrillic spelling про̀то̄н)

  1. proton

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prʊˈtoːn/

Noun

proton c

  1. (physics) proton

Declension

See also

  • neutron
  • elektron

Source: wiktionary.org