unsaponifiable

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adjective

Not able to be saponified

OriginEnglish saponifiable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunsaponifiable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryNot able to be saponified
noununsaponifiable (plural unsaponifiables)

plural unsaponifiables

  1. especiallypluralchemistrylipids (such as steroids) that are not glycerides and thus cannot be saponified

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsaponifiable
  9. Englishunsaponifiable

From un- + saponifiable.

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APA

unsaponifiable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsaponifiable

MLA

“unsaponifiable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsaponifiable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsaponifiable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsaponifiable.

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