lipid
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French lipide, coined 1923 by Gabriel Bertrand from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lípos, “animal fat”) + French -ide.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪpɪd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪpɪd
Noun
lipid (plural lipids)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.
Derived terms
- aminolipid
- antilipid
- archaeolipid
- arsenolipid
- bilipid
- biolipid
- chlorolipid
- chlorosulfolipid
- chromolipid
- cyanolipid
- delipidize
- dyslipidemia
- epoxylipid
- exolipid
- galactolipid
- geolipid
- glucolipid
- glycerolipid
- glycerophospholipid
- glycolipid
- glycopeptidolipid
- glycosyllipid
- guggulipid
- heterolipid
- hydrolipid
- hyperlipidemia
- hypolipidemia
- intralipid
- lipidaceous
- lipidated
- lipidation
- lipidemia
- lipidic
- lipidized
- lipidogenic
- lipidogram
- lipidoid
- lipidology
- lipidolysis
- lipidome
- lipidomics
- lipidopathy
- lipidophilic
- lipidosis
- lipidostasis
- lipiduria
- lipoplatin
- lysolipid
- mycolipid
- nitrolipid
- nonlipid
- nucleolipid
- oncolipid
- phosphoglycerolipid
- phospholipid
- phytolipid
- proteolipid
- saccharolipid
- sulfolipid
- sulpholipid
Translations
organic compound
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Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɪpɪt]
Declension
Danish
Declension
Declension of lipid
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lipid | lipidet | lipider | lipiderne |
| genitive | lipids | lipidets | lipiders | lipidernes |
Irish
Declension
Declension of lipid
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- fosfailipid (“phospholipid”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lipid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “lipid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of lipid | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lipid | lipiden | lipider | lipiderna |
| Genitive | lipids | lipidens | lipiders | lipidernas |
Derived terms
- fosfolipid (“phospholipid”)
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