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)

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

Derived terms

• glycerine jelly
• glycerine phthalate
• glycerine soap
• glycerine trinitrate
• hydroxypropyl starch glycerine

 

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)
• Ukrainian: гліцери́н m (hlicerýn)