Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glycerolipid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glyc-erolipid
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any lipid based on glycerol

Etymology

Etymology tree English glycero- 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 English glycerolipid From glycero- + lipid.

Inflected Forms

glycerolipids (plural)

Derived Forms

arabinoglycerolipid galactoglycerolipid glycoglycerolipid

Frequently Paired Words

glyceride

Questions

What does glycerolipid mean?: Any lipid based on glycerol
Where does glycerolipid come from?: Etymology tree English glycero- 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 English glycerolipid From glycero- + lipid.

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