glycerine

See also: glycérine

English

Alternative forms

glycerin, glycerol

Etymology

From glyco- + -ine, from French glycérine, from Ancient Greek γλυκερός (glukerós, “sweet”) (compare γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɪsəɹɪn/

Noun

glycerine (countable and uncountable, plural glycerines)

(organic chemistry) The common name for glycerol, glycerin or E422.

Derived terms

Translations

the compound glycerol

Chinese:
Cantonese: 甘油 (gam¹ jau⁴), 丙三醇 (bing² saam¹ seon⁴)

Hokkien: 甘油 (kam-iû)

Mandarin: 甘油 (zh) (gānyóu), 丙三醇 (zh) (bǐngsānchún)
Czech: glycerin m
Danish: glycerin c, glycerol c
Finnish: glyseriini (fi)
French: glycérine (fr) f
German: Glyzerin (de) n
Greek: γλυκερίνη (el) f (glykeríni)
Indonesian: gliserin (id)
Italian: glicerina (it) f
Japanese: グリセロール (ja) (guriserōru), グリセリン (ja) (guriserin)
Kazakh: глицерин (gliserin)
Korean: 글리세롤 (ko) (geulliserol), 글리세린 (geulliserin)
Macedonian: глицерин m (glicerin)
Malay: gliserin
Maori: nonireka
Norwegian:
Bokmål: glyserin m

Nynorsk: glyserin n
Polish: gliceryna (pl) f
Russian: глицерин (ru) m (glicerin)
Serbo-Croatian: глицерин m
Turkish: gliserin (tr)

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