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lipophilic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having the quality of dissolving in lipids; typically composed of mostly nonpolar bonds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

having an affinity for lipids

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lipotropic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From lipo- (“lipid”) + -philic (“loving”).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 親脂性 /亲脂性 (qīnzhīxìng) — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Finnish: rasvahakuinen — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Finnish: lipofiilinen — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • French: liposoluble — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • German: lipophil — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • German: fettlöslich — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Greek: λιπόφιλος (lipófilos) — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Hungarian: lipofil — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Icelandic: fitusækinn — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Polish: lipofilowy — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Polish: lipofilny — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Portuguese: lipofílico — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Russian: жирораствори́мый (žirorastvorímyj) — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Serbo-Croatian: lipofilan — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Slovene: lipofilen — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Spanish: lipofílico — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Swedish: lipofil — having the quality of dissolving in lipids
  • Turkish: lipofilik — having the quality of dissolving in lipids