Meanings
nounglycerolphosphate (plural glycerolphosphates)
plural glycerolphosphates
- alternativeAlternative form of glycerophosphate.
Origin
- Ancient Greekγλῠκερός (glŭkerós)
- Frenchglycérine
- Englishglycerine
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishglycerol
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
- Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
- Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
- Latinphōsphorus
- Frenchphosphore
- Frenchphosphate
- Englishphosphate
- Englishglycerolphosphate
From glycerol + phosphate.
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APA
glycerolphosphate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glycerolphosphate
MLA
“glycerolphosphate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glycerolphosphate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glycerolphosphate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glycerolphosphate.
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