plankton

English

/ˈplæŋktən/

noun

Definitions

Small (often microscopic) organisms that float in the water. (A single organism is known as a plankter.)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Plankton derived from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (drifter, roaming, wandering).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πλαγκτός

Gloss

drifter, roaming, wandering

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

aeroplankton English
bacterioplankton English
bathyplankton English
epiplankton English
epiplanktonic English
euplankton English
euplanktonic English
femtoplankton English
holoplankton English
holoplanktonic English
holozooplankton English
ichthyoplankton English
ichthyoplanktonic English
limnoplankton English
limnoplanktonic English
macroplanktivore English
macroplankton English
macroplanktonic English
macrozooplankton English
megaplankton English
meroplankton English
meroplanktonic English
mesoplankton English
mesozooplankton English
metazooplankton English
microphytoplankton English
microplankton English
microplanktonic English
microzooplankton English
mycoplanktonic English
nanophytoplankton English
nanoplankton English
nanoplanktonic English
nanozooplankton English
nektoplankton English
nektoplanktonic English
nonplankton English
nonplanktonic English
phytoplanktivorous English
phytoplankton English
phytoplanktonic English
picophytoplankton English
picoplankton English
picoplanktonic English
planktic English
planktivore English
planktivorous English
planktivory English
planktonic English
planktonically English
planktonologist English
planktonology English
planktonophagous English
potamoplankton English
pseudoplanktonic English
ultraphytoplankton English
ultraplankton English
zooplankton English
zooplanktonic English
Phytoplankton German
Plankton German
παλίμπλαγκτος Ancient Greek
πλαγκτός Ancient Greek
φυτόν Ancient Greek
plankton Norwegian Bokmål
プランクトン Japanese
plankton Norwegian Nynorsk
bréagphlanctón Irish
planctón Irish
zóplanctón Irish
แพลงก์ตอน Thai