"lecithin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛs.ə.θɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-lecithin.wav Forms: lecithins [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪn Etymology: From French lécithine, coined in 1847 by Theodore Gobley, from Ancient Greek λέκιθος (lékithos, “egg yolk”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|qsb-grc}}, {{bor|en|fr|lécithine}} French lécithine, {{der|en|grc|λέκιθος||egg yolk}} Ancient Greek λέκιθος (lékithos, “egg yolk”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lecithin (countable and uncountable, plural lecithins)
  1. (organic chemistry) The principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier). Wikipedia link: Theodore Nicolas Gobley Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Synonyms: phosphatidylcholine, E322 when used as an emulsifier Derived forms: lecithinase, lysolecithin Translations (lecithin): lecitina [feminine] (Catalan), 卵磷脂 (luǎnlínzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), lecitin [masculine] (Czech), lecithine [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), letsitiin (Estonian), lesitiini (Finnish), Lecithin [neuter] (German), λεκιθίνη (lekithíni) [feminine] (Greek), अंडपीति (aṇḍpīti) (Hindi), lesitín [neuter] (Icelandic), leicitin [feminine] (Irish), lecitina [feminine] (Italian), lecitin [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), अंडपीति (aṇḍpīti) (Marathi), अंडपीति (aṇḍapīti) (Nepali), lecytyna [feminine] (Polish), лецити́н (lecitín) [masculine] (Russian), lecitina [feminine] (Spanish), lecitin [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), lesithin [masculine] (Welsh)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.