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."

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

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