Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protist

/ˈproʊtɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: pro-tist
IPA: /ˈproʊtɪst/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.

noun

Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.

noun

Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.

noun

Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.

Example Sentences

"Besides the hundreds or thousands of metres of fungal mycelium in a teaspoon of healthy soil, there are more bacteria, protists, insects and arthropods than the number of humans who have ever lived on Earth."

Etymology

From translingual Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Protista, πρώτιστος

Inflected Forms

protists (plural)

Derived Forms

antiprotist protistic

Frequently Paired Words

monoprotist protistal protistological protistologist protistology

Synonyms

protistan

Questions

How do you pronounce protist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈproʊtɪst/.
What does protist mean?: Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.
Where does protist come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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