polypeptide

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *pekw- Proto-Indo-European *pékw-ye- Proto-Hellenic *péťťō Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf. Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō) Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der. German Peptonbor. English peptone Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide ▲ German Pepton ▲ Latin -idusder. German -id German Peptidbor. English peptide English polypeptide From poly- + peptide.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: polipèptid — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Chinese Cantonese: 多肽 (do1 taai3) — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Chinese Mandarin: 多肽 (duōtài) — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Esperanto: polipeptido — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Finnish: peptidi — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• French: polypeptide — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Galician: polipeptídeo — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Italian: polipeptide — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Japanese: ポリペプチド (poripepuchido) — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Kazakh: полипептид (polipeptid) — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Spanish: polipéptido — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Turkish: polipeptit — organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds
• Chinese Cantonese: 多肽 (do1 taai3) — biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein
• Chinese Mandarin: 多肽 (duōtài) — biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein
• Finnish: polypeptidi — biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein
• French: polypeptide — biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein
• Italian: polipeptide — biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein
• Portuguese: polipeptídeo — biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein
• Chinese Cantonese: 多肽 (do1 taai3) — biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids
• Chinese Mandarin: 多肽 (duōtài) — biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids
• Finnish: polypeptidi — biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids
• French: polypeptide — biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids
• Italian: polipeptide — biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids
• Portuguese: polipeptídeo — biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids