Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfolipid

/ˈsʌl.fəˌlɪ.pəd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-folipid
IPA: /ˈsʌl.fəˌlɪ.pəd/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

any sulfate ester of a glycolipid

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English sulfo- Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) French -ide French lipidebor. English lipid English sulfolipid From sulfo- + lipid.

Inflected Forms

sulfolipids (plural) sulpholipid (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

sulfatide sulfonolipid

Questions

How do you pronounce sulfolipid?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌl.fəˌlɪ.pəd/.
What does sulfolipid mean?: any sulfate ester of a glycolipid
Where does sulfolipid come from?: Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English sulfo- Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) French -ide French lipidebor. English lipid English sulfolipid From sulfo- + lipid.

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