białko

Signification

1. white (the albumen of bird eggs)
2. protein (large, complex molecule composed of long chains of amino acids)
3. protein (class of food)
4. white (the sclera, white of the eye)
5. (slang) papers, document, criminal record

Coupé comme

biał‧ko

Genre

Neutre

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbjaw.kɔ/

Étymologie

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъkъ. By surface analysis, biały + -ko. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Latin albūmen. For the sense of albumen, compare English white (of the eye) and German weiße (Augenhaut).