Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lipid

/ˈlɪpɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: lip-id
IPA: /ˈlɪpɪd/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water.

Example Sentences

"Without lipids your body eats your fat and then your muscles, and the brain is pure fat and the heart is a muscle. You become a feedback loop, and then you fall over."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusbor. French -ide French lipidebor. English lipid Borrowed from French lipide, coined in 1923 by Gabriel Bertrand from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos, “animal fat”) + French -ide.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λῐ́πος, -ide

Inflected Forms

lipids (plural)

Derived Forms

aminolipid antilipid archaeolipid arsenolipid bilipid biolipid chlorolipid chlorosulfolipid chromolipid cyanolipid delipidate delipidize

Phrases

reinforced lipid

Synonyms

lipide lipoid

Rhymes With

did kid mid id rid bid madrid it'd grid amid lid hid

Questions

How do you pronounce lipid?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪpɪd/.
What does lipid mean?: Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water.
Where does lipid come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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