Meanings
nounphosphoenolpyruvate (usually uncountable, plural phosphoenolpyruvates, abbreviation PEP)
plural phosphoenolpyruvates · abbreviation PEP
- uncountableusuallychemistryA carboxylic acid, with the chemical formula C₃H₅O₆P, derived from pyruvate and an intermediate in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis.
Synonyms: phosphoenolpyruvic acid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA carboxylic acid, with the chemical formula C₃H₅O₆P, derived from pyruvate and an intermediate in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis.
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- 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
- Englishphosphorus
- Englishphospho-
- Englishalkene
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalkenolclip.
- Englishenol
- Englishphosphoenol
- New Latinacidum pyruvicum
- Englishpyruvic acid
- Englishpyruvate
- Englishphosphoenolpyruvate
From phosphoenol + pyruvate.
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phosphoenolpyruvate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphoenolpyruvate
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“phosphoenolpyruvate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphoenolpyruvate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phosphoenolpyruvate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphoenolpyruvate.
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