cholesterine
English
Etymology
French cholestérine
Noun
cholesterine (countable and uncountable, plural cholesterines)
- Alternative form of cholesterin
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- "I had foreseen it and I had put some cholesterine among the paraffin in the zinc pail."
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Dutch
Alternative forms
- cholestearine (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from French cholestérine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌxɔ.lɛs.təˈri.nə/, /ˌxɔ.lə.stəˈri.nə/
- Hyphenation: cho‧le‧ste‧ri‧ne
- Rhymes: -inə
Noun
cholesterine f (uncountable)
- (dated) cholesterol, cholesterin
- Synonyms: cholesterol, galvet