Phrase guide

polyunsaturated fat

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of unsaturated fat featuring fatty acids with two or more carbon-carbon double bonds in their structure, and remain liquid at room temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a class of fats having long carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated with hydrogen atoms; used in some margarines; supposedly associated with low blood cholesterol

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: fat

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 多元不飽和脂肪 /多元不饱和脂肪 (duōyuán bùbǎohé zhīfáng) — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多不飽和脂肪 /多不饱和脂肪 (duōbùbǎohé zhīfáng) — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Dutch: meervoudig onverzadigde vetzuur — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Finnish: monityydyttymätön rasva — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • French: graisse polyinsaturée — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Georgian: პოლიუჯერი ცხიმი (ṗoliuǯeri cximi) — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Hungarian: többszörösen telítetlen zsírsav — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Irish: saill il-neamhsháithithe — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Macedonian: полинезаситена маст — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Polish: tłuszcz wielonienasycony — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Russian: полиненасы́щенный жир (polinenasýščennyj žir) — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Swedish: fleromättat fett — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Welsh: braster amlannirlawn — fat or oil containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids