proto

From the prefix proto-.

proto (not comparable)

1. Clipping of prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of something.
   • 2007 March 11, Horacio Silva, “Muscle Man”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] he photographed his tenant, the proto male supermodel Matt Collins, for Italian Harper’s Bazaar.

proto (plural protos)

1. (informal, fashion) A prototype of a design.
   • 2013, Lisa Springsteel, Becoming a Fashion Designer:

     […] attending various fabric trade shows across the country and internationally; reviewing protos (prototypes) and strike-offs; approving final designs; and communicating with overseas mills.

2. (furry fandom, informal) A protogen.

• Troop, poort, porto-, porto, Topor, tropo, tropo-, troop, proot, Porto

• IPA^(key): [ˈproto]

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proto

1. therefore, hence, that is why

• pročež (“wherefore”)
• tudíž (“therefore, hence”)
• tedy (“therefore, hence, thus, so”)
• takže (“thus, so”)
• proč (“why”)

• “proto”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “proto”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “proto”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Clipping of prototyyppi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈproto/, [ˈpro̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification^(key): pro‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): pro‧to

proto (colloquial)

1. prototype

• prototyyppi

• “proto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• porot

• IPA^(key): /pʁo.to/

proto m (plural protos)

1. (informal) clipping of prototype
2. (slang, uncountable) ellipsis of protoxyde d'azote (“nitrous oxide”)
   • 2026 April 10, “Faits divers”, in La Provence, →ISSN, page 2:

     165 bouteilles de “proto” saisies dans une épicerie¶ L'opération de police s'est déroulée mercredi dans une épicerie d'Avignon. Les bouteilles ont été découvertes dans l'alimentation RS Night Shop, route de Lyon.

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From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: prò‧to

proto m (plural proti)

1. (archaic or regional) chief of a workforce
2. (architecture, regional, Venice) an architect in charge of maintenance and restoration of St Mark's Basilica
3. the chief worker in a print shop, in charge of composition and layout
4. (by extension) typographer, typographist

   Synonyms: stampatore, tipografo

5. (archaic) know-it-all

   Synonym: saccente

• sproto

• proto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• -tropo, porto, portò, potrò, tropo