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glycol

/ˈɡlaɪ̯.kɒl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
gly-col
IPA
/ˈɡlaɪ̯.kɒl/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any aliphatic diol.

noun

A thick, colourless liquid, C₂H₄(OH)₂, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English glycol From Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”) + English -ol.

Inflected Forms

glycols (plural)

Derived Forms

butyleneglycol chloramphenicol glycolic glycolmethacrylate glycoluric glyme macrogol nitroglycol polyglycol polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride thiodiglycol thioglycol

Phrases

butylene glycol diethylene glycol glycol ether glycol nucleic acid methoxypolyethylene glycol monoethylene glycol monomethoxypolyethylene glycol monopropylene glycol

Synonyms

diol dihydric alcohol ethylene glycol ethanediol

Questions

How do you pronounce glycol?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlaɪ̯.kɒl/.
What does glycol mean?
Any aliphatic diol.
Where does glycol come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English glycol From Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”) + English -ol.

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