białko

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

biał‧ko

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbjaw.kɔ/

Etymology

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).