A liter of milk contains about thirty grams of protein.
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Protein
//ˈpɹəʊ.ti.ɪn//
Synonyms for "protein" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
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3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
175 entriesShowing 16 of 175 words.
has context
2 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
5 entriesmade of
1 entriesmeronym
1 entriespart of
2 entriesreceives action
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
160 translations across 70 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بروتين noun (class of food)
- بُرُوتِين noun (class of food)
- بْرُوتِين noun (complex molecule)
Armenian
2 entries- սպիտակուց noun (complex molecule)
- սպիտակուց noun (class of food)
Asturian
2 entries- proteína noun (complex molecule)
- proteína noun (class of food)
Bashkir
3 entries- аҡһым noun (complex molecule)
- аҡһым noun (class of food)
- протеин noun (complex molecule)
Bulgarian
2 entries- белтък noun (class of food)
- протеин noun (complex molecule)
Catalan
2 entries- proteïna noun (complex molecule)
- proteïna noun (class of food)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پرۆتین noun (complex molecule)
Chinese
4 entries- 卵白質 /卵白质 noun (complex molecule)
- 卵白質 /卵白质 noun (class of food)
- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (complex molecule)
- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (class of food)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 朊 noun (complex molecule)
- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (complex molecule)
- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (class of food)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 朊 noun (complex molecule)
- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (complex molecule)
- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (class of food)
Czech
3 entries- bílkovina noun (complex molecule)
- bílkovina noun (class of food)
- protein noun (class of food)
Danish
2 entries- protein noun (complex molecule)
- protein noun (class of food)
Dutch
4 entries- eiwit noun (complex molecule)
- eiwit noun (class of food)
- proteïne noun (complex molecule)
- proteïne noun (class of food)
Eastern Min Chinese
2 entries- 卵白質 /卵白质 noun (complex molecule)
- 卵白質 /卵白质 noun (class of food)
Esperanto
3 entries- proteino noun (complex molecule)
- proteino noun (class of food)
- proteinoj noun (complex molecule)
Estonian
4 entries- lihtvalk noun (complex molecule)
- lihtvalk noun (class of food)
- proteiin noun (complex molecule)
- proteiin noun (class of food)
Finnish
4 entries- proteiini noun (complex molecule)
- proteiini noun (class of food)
- valkuainen noun (class of food)
- valkuaisaine noun (complex molecule)
French
2 entries- protéine noun (complex molecule)
- protéine noun (class of food)
Galician
2 entries- proteína noun (complex molecule)
- proteína noun (class of food)
German
4 entries- Eiweiß noun (complex molecule)
- Eiweiß noun (class of food)
- Protein noun (complex molecule)
- Protein noun (class of food)
Greek
2 entries- πρωτεΐνη noun (complex molecule)
- πρωτεΐνη noun (class of food)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (complex molecule)
- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (class of food)
Hebrew
2 entries- חֶלְבּוֹן noun (complex molecule)
- חֶלְבּוֹן noun (class of food)
Hindi
3 entries- प्रोटीन noun (complex molecule)
- प्रोभूजिन noun (complex molecule)
- प्रोभूजिन noun (class of food)
Hungarian
3 entries- fehérje noun (complex molecule)
- fehérje noun (class of food)
- protein noun (complex molecule)
Icelandic
4 entries- eggjahvíta noun (complex molecule)
- hvíta noun (complex molecule)
- prótein noun (complex molecule)
- prótín noun (complex molecule)
Indonesian
1 entries- protein noun (complex molecule)
Ingrian
2 entries- valkulain noun (complex molecule)
- valkulain noun (class of food)
Interlingua
1 entries- proteina noun (complex molecule)
Irish
1 entries- próitéin noun (complex molecule)
Italian
2 entries- proteina noun (complex molecule)
- proteina noun (class of food)
Japanese
4 entries- プロテイン noun (complex molecule)
- プロテイン noun (class of food)
- 蛋白質 noun (complex molecule)
- 蛋白質 noun (class of food)
Kazakh
2 entries- ақуыз noun (complex molecule)
- нәруыз noun (complex molecule)
Khmer
2 entries- ប្រូតេអ៊ីន noun (complex molecule)
- ប្រូតេអ៊ីន noun (class of food)
Korean
2 entries- 단백질 noun (complex molecule)
- 단백질 noun (class of food)
Latvian
4 entries- olbaltums noun (complex molecule)
- olbaltums noun (class of food)
- olbaltumvielas noun (complex molecule)
- olbaltumvielas noun (class of food)
Lithuanian
2 entries- baltymai noun (class of food)
- baltymas noun (complex molecule)
Macedonian
1 entries- белковина noun (complex molecule)
Malay
2 entries- protein noun (class of food)
- protin noun (complex molecule)
Malayalam
1 entries- മാംസ്യം noun (class of food)
Marathi
1 entries- प्रथिन noun (complex molecule)
Mongolian
4 entries- уураг noun (complex molecule)
- уураг noun (class of food)
- ᠤᠭᠤᠷᠠᠭ noun (complex molecule)
- ᠤᠭᠤᠷᠠᠭ noun (class of food)
Māori
1 entries- pūmua noun (complex molecule)
Pashto
1 entries- پروټين noun (complex molecule)
Persian
1 entries- پروتئین noun (complex molecule)
Polish
3 entries- białko noun (complex molecule)
- białko noun (class of food)
- proteina noun (complex molecule)
Portuguese
2 entries- proteína noun (complex molecule)
- proteína noun (class of food)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪ੍ਰੋਟੀਨ noun (complex molecule)
Romanian
2 entries- proteină noun (complex molecule)
- proteină noun (class of food)
Russian
4 entries- бело́к noun (complex molecule)
- бело́к noun (class of food)
- протеи́н noun (complex molecule)
- протеи́н noun (class of food)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- belánčevina noun (complex molecule)
- belánčevina noun (class of food)
- bjelánčevina noun (complex molecule)
- bjelánčevina noun (class of food)
Sicilian
1 entries- prutiina noun (complex molecule)
Slovak
1 entries- bielkovina noun (complex molecule)
Slovene
2 entries- beljakovina noun (complex molecule)
- beljakovina noun (class of food)
Spanish
2 entries- proteína noun (complex molecule)
- proteína noun (class of food)
Swahili
2 entries- protini noun (complex molecule)
- protini noun (class of food)
Swedish
4 entries- protein noun (complex molecule)
- protein noun (class of food)
- äggviteämne noun (complex molecule)
- äggviteämne noun (class of food)
Tagalog
1 entries- protina noun (complex molecule)
Telugu
2 entries- ప్రోటీన్ noun (complex molecule)
- మాంసకృత్తు noun (complex molecule)
Thai
2 entries- โปรตีน noun (complex molecule)
- โปรตีน noun (class of food)
Turkish
2 entries- protein noun (complex molecule)
- protein noun (class of food)
Ukrainian
2 entries- біло́к noun (complex molecule)
- протеї́н noun (complex molecule)
Urdu
1 entries- پروبھوجن noun (class of food)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chất đạm noun (complex molecule)
- chất đạm noun (class of food)
- protein noun (complex molecule)
- prô-tê-in noun (complex molecule)
Volapük
1 entries- protein noun (complex molecule)
Walloon
2 entries- blandoû noun (complex molecule)
- proteyene noun (complex molecule)
Welsh
1 entries- protein noun (complex molecule)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (complex molecule)
- 蛋白質 /蛋白质 noun (class of food)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּראָטעיִן noun (complex molecule)
Zhuang
1 entries- danbwzciz noun (complex molecule)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
After the gym, I drink a glass of milk mixed with powdered protein.
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Meat and eggs have a lot of protein.
Source: tatoeba (997086)
Tom's diet is deficient in protein.
Source: tatoeba (1023856)
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