lipid

See also: Lipid and lípid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lipide, from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lípos, “animal fat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪpɪd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

lipid (plural lipids)

1. (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

• biolipid
• geolipid
• nonlipid

 

Translations

organic compound

• Catalan: lípid m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 脂類／脂类 (zi¹ leoi⁶), 脂类 (zi¹ leoi⁶), 脂質／脂质 (zi¹ zat¹), 脂质 (zi¹ zat¹)

  Mandarin: 脂類／脂类 (zhīlèi), 脂类 (zhīlèi), 脂質／脂质 (zh) (zhǐzhì), 脂质 (zh) (zhīzhì, zhīzhí)

• Czech: lipid (cs) m
• Danish: lipid n
• Dutch: lipide (nl)
• Esperanto: lipido
• Finnish: lipidi (fi)
• French: lipide (fr) m
• German: Lipid n
• Hungarian: lipid (hu)
• Icelandic: lípíð n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: lipido (io)
• Irish: lipid f
• Italian: lipide (it)
• Japanese: 脂質 (ししつ, shishitsu), リピド (ripido)
• Khmer: តេលិកា (teeli’kaa)
• Korean: 지질 (ko) (jijil) (脂質)
• Kurdish:
• Maori: ngako
• Polish: lipid (pl) m, lipoid m
• Portuguese: lípide m, lipídio (pt)
• Russian: липи́д (ru) m (lipíd)
• Spanish: lípido (es) m
• Swedish: lipid (sv)
• Tok Pisin: gris

Anagrams

• pilid

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪpɪt]

Noun

1. (organic chemistry) lipid

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Danish

Noun

lipid n (singular definite lipidet, plural indefinite lipider)

1. (organic chemistry) lipid

Declension

Declension of lipid

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lipid	lipidet	lipider	lipiderne
genitive	lipids	lipidets	lipiders	lipidernes

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from French lipide.

Noun

lipid f (genitive singular lipide, nominative plural lipidí)

1. (organic chemistry) lipid

Declension

Declension of lipid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative lipid lipidí Vocative a lipid a lipidí Genitive lipide lipidí Dative lipid lipidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an lipid na lipidí Genitive na lipide na lipidí Dative leis an lipid don lipid leis na lipidí

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

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Swedish

lipid n

1. (organic chemistry) lipid

Declension

Declension of lipid
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lipid	lipiden	lipider	lipiderna
Genitive	lipids	lipidens	lipiders	lipidernas

Derived terms

• fosfolipid (“phospholipid”)