glycolipid
/ˈɡlaɪkoʊˌlɪpɪd/noun
glycolipid is spelled G-L-Y-C-O-L-I-P-I-D: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glycolipid means “An association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glycolipid is glycolipids.
How many letters and syllables are in glycolipid?
| Letters | 10: G-L-Y-C-O-L-I-P-I-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is glycolipid?
Glycolipid appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce glycolipid?
- US /ˈɡlaɪkoʊˌlɪpɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-glycolipid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of glycolipid
- glycolipids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glycolipid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes
- 2
A similar compound lacking a phosphate group
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glycolipid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid found in cell membranes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | glycolipide |
| German | Glycolipid |
| Portuguese | glicolipídio |
| Spanish | glucolípido |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does glycolipid come from?
From glyco- + lipid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).