glycol
English
/ˈɡlʌɪkɒl/
noun
Definitions
- (organic chemistry) Any aliphatic diol.
- (organic compound) A thick, colourless liquid, C, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek γλυκύς (sweet).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γλυκύς
Gloss
sweet
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anhydride English
- benzyl English
- butylene English
- butyleneglycol English
- di- English
- diglycolic English
- ethylene English
- gluco- English
- glucous English
- glyco- English
- glycolate English
- glycolic English
- glycollate English
- glycolmethacrylate English
- glycoluric English
- glycoside English
- methacrylate English
- methylene English
- monoethylene glycol English
- monopropylene glycol English
- nitroglycol English
- polyglycol English
- polyglycolic English
- polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride English
- polypropylene English
- polypropylene glycol English
- propylene English
- thio- English
- thiodiglycol English
- thioglycol English
- thioglycolic English
- uric English
- Hyperglykämie German
- Hypoglykämie German
- glico- Italian
- glycogène French
- гликолипид Russian
- глициния Russian
- γλυκυσίδη Ancient Greek
- γλυκύπικρος Ancient Greek
- γλυκύς Ancient Greek
- *dl̥kú- Proto-Indo-European
- glykemi Norwegian Bokmål
- glico- Portuguese
- glykemi Norwegian Nynorsk
- γλυκάνισο Greek (modern)
- γλυκο- Greek (modern)
- γλυκός Greek (modern)
- Glycine Translingual
- di-
- uric
- thio-
- benzyl
- gluco-
- glyco-
- glucous
- ethylene
- glycolic
- butylene
- anhydride
- propylene
- glycoside
- glycolate
- methylene
- thioglycol
- polyglycol
- glycollate
- diglycolic
- glycoluric
- nitroglycol
- polyglycolic
- thiodiglycol
- thioglycolic
- methacrylate
- polypropylene
- butyleneglycol
- glycolmethacrylate
- monoethylene glycol
- polypropylene glycol
- monopropylene glycol
- polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride