stearin

English

noun

Definitions

Solid fat.
(organic compound) The triglyceride of stearic acid.

Etymology

Derived from French stéarine derived from Ancient Greek στέαρ (fat, suet, dough, hard fat, tallow).

Origin

Ancient Greek

στέαρ

Gloss

fat, suet, dough, hard fat, tallow

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

脂

Emoji

🐹

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

stearic English
stearrhea English
steato- English
stéarine French
stéatopyge French
στέαρ Ancient Greek
στεάτινος Ancient Greek
stearin Norwegian Bokmål
ステアリン Japanese
stearin Norwegian Nynorsk
stearin Serbo-Croatian
*stā́wər Proto-Hellenic