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glycolyse

French, noun/ɡli.kɔ.liz/

glycolyse is spelled G-L-Y-C-O-L-Y-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glycolyse is a French feminine noun meaning “glycolysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voie métabolique d’assimilation du glucose et de production d'énergie”.

What does glycolyse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineglycolysis

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Voie métabolique d’assimilation du glucose et de production d'énergie.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of glycolyse

  • glycolyses plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce glycolyse?

  • /ɡli.kɔ.liz/
  • \ɡli.kɔ.liz\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to glycolyse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is glycolyse in French?

glycolyse appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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