Meanings
nountriglyceride (plural triglycerides)
plural triglycerides
- chemistryA lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats.
The triglycerides found in fish oils are rich in cis-conformation omega-3 fatty acids, making them wrinkled-looking in this sort of diagram because the carbon chains keep changing direction at each cis double bond.
2014, Theodore Gray, photography by Nick Mann, Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything, 2018 Paperback Edition, page 81
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Indo-European*tri-
- Proto-Italic*tri-
- Latintri-
- Englishtri-
- Ancient Greekγλῠκερός (glŭkerós)
- Frenchglycérine
- Englishglycerine
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishglyceride
- Englishtriglyceride
Translations
Catalan triglicèrid
- triglicèridTranslations
Chinese Cantonese 甘油三酸酯, 三酰甘油
- 甘油三酸酯 (gam¹ jau⁴ saam¹ syun¹ zi²)Translations
- 三酰甘油 (saam¹ sin¹ gam¹ jau⁴)Translations
- 甘油三酯 (gam¹ jau⁴ saam¹ zi²)Translations
- 三酸甘油酯 (saam¹ syun¹ gam¹ jau⁴ zi²)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 甘油三酸酯, 三酰甘油
- 甘油三酸酯 (gānyóusānsuānzhǐ)Translations
- 三酰甘油 (sānxiāngānyóu)Translations
- 甘油三酯 (gānyóusānzhǐ)Translations
- 三酸甘油酯 (sānsuāngānyóuzhǐ)Translations
Finnish triglyseridi
- triglyseridiTranslations
French triglycéride
- triglycérideTranslations
German Triglycerid
- TriglyceridTranslations
Greek τριγλυκερίδιο
- τριγλυκερίδιο (triglykerídio)Translations
Hungarian triglicerid
- trigliceridTranslations
Italian trigliceride
- triglicerideTranslations
Māori hākawa-toru nonireka
- hākawa-toru nonirekaTranslations
Polish trigliceryd
- triglicerydTranslations
Portuguese triglicerídeo
- triglicerídeoTranslations
Romanian trigliceridă
- trigliceridăTranslations
Russian триглицери́д
- триглицери́д (trigliceríd)Translations
Spanish triglicérido
- triglicéridoTranslations
Swedish triglycerid
- triglyceridTranslations
Turkish trigliserit
- trigliseritTranslations
Ukrainian тригліцери́д
- тригліцери́д (tryhlicerýd)Translations
Cite this entry
APA
triglyceride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triglyceride
MLA
“triglyceride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triglyceride. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triglyceride,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triglyceride.
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