glicólise
Portuguese, noun/ɡliˈkɔ.li.zi/
glicólise is spelled G-L-I-C-Ó-L-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glicólise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “glycolysis (cellular degradation of glucose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “decomposição enzímica da molécula de glicose para a obtenção de energia; pode ser feita através da…”.
What does glicólise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineglycolysis (cellular degradation of glucose)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. decomposição enzímica da molécula de glicose para a obtenção de energia; pode ser feita através da fermentação e da respiração
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce glicólise?
- Brazil /ɡliˈkɔ.li.zi/
- Portugal /ɡliˈkɔ.li.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glicólise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glicólise in Portuguese?
glicólise appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).