triglyceride

See also: Triglyceride and triglycéride

English

Etymology

tri- +‎ glyceride

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd/

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Noun

triglyceride (plural triglycerides)

1. (organic chemistry) A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats

Derived terms

• medium-chain triglyceride

 

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: triglicèrid m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 甘油三酸酯 (gam¹ jau⁴ saam¹ syun¹ zi²), 三酰甘油 (saam¹ sin¹ gam¹ jau⁴), 甘油三酯 (gam¹ jau⁴ saam¹ zi²), 三酸甘油酯 (saam¹ syun¹ gam¹ jau⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 甘油三酸酯 (gānyóusānsuānzhǐ), 三酰甘油 (sānxiāngānyóu), 甘油三酯 (zh) (gānyóusānzhǐ), 三酸甘油酯 (zh) (sānsuāngānyóuzhǐ)

• Finnish: triglyseridi
• French: triglycéride (fr) m
• Hungarian: triglicerid
• Italian: trigliceride (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rûnê nêtar m, trîglîserîd f

• Macedonian: триглицерид m (triglicerid)
• Maori: hākawa-toru nonireka
• Russian: триглицери́д (ru) m (trigliceríd)
• Spanish: triglicérido (es) m
• Swedish: triglycerid (sv) c
• Ukrainian: тригліцери́д m (tryhlicerýd)

See also

• diglyceride
• monoglyceride