glycyrrhizin
/ˌɡlɪs.ɪˈɹaɪ.zn̩/noun
glycyrrhizin is a noun meaning “A crystalline glycosidic acid, the main sweet-tasting compound from licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root, thirty to fifty times as sweet as sucrose…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-L-Y-C-Y-R-R-H-I-Z-I-N and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does glycyrrhizin mean?
noun
- 1
A crystalline glycosidic acid, the main sweet-tasting compound from licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root, thirty to fifty times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce glycyrrhizin?
- US /ˌɡlɪs.ɪˈɹaɪ.zn̩/
Glycyrrhizin has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is glycyrrhizin?
Glycyrrhizin appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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).
Glycyrrhizin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Glycyrrhizin, Glycyrrhizinsäure |
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 glycyrrhizin come from?
From glycyrrhiza (“licorice root”) + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).