Cholesterol in Different Languages
Discover 'Cholesterol' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Cholesterol
Afrikaans cholesterol | ||
Albanian kolesteroli | ||
Amharic ኮሌስትሮል | ||
Arabic الكوليسترول | ||
Armenian խոլեստերին | ||
Assamese কলেষ্টেৰল | ||
Aymara colesterol ukaxa wali ch’amawa | ||
Azerbaijani xolesterol | ||
Bambara kolosinsinnan | ||
Basque kolesterola | ||
Belarusian халестэрын | ||
Bengali কোলেস্টেরল | ||
Bhojpuri कोलेस्ट्रॉल के नाम से जानल जाला | ||
Bosnian holesterola | ||
Bulgarian холестерол | ||
Catalan colesterol | ||
Cebuano kolesterol | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 胆固醇 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 膽固醇 | ||
Corsican u colesterolu | ||
Croatian kolesterol | ||
Czech cholesterol | ||
Danish kolesterol | ||
Dhivehi ކޮލެސްޓްރޯލް އެވެ | ||
Dogri कोलेस्ट्रॉल | ||
Dutch cholesterol | ||
English cholesterol | ||
Esperanto kolesterolo | ||
Estonian kolesterool | ||
Ewe ʋumemi ƒe agbɔsɔsɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kolesterol | ||
Finnish kolesteroli | ||
French cholestérol | ||
Frisian cholesterol | ||
Galician colesterol | ||
Georgian ქოლესტერინი | ||
German cholesterin | ||
Greek χοληστερίνη | ||
Guarani colesterol rehegua | ||
Gujarati કોલેસ્ટરોલ | ||
Haitian Creole kolestewòl | ||
Hausa cholesterol | ||
Hawaiian kolesterol | ||
Hebrew כולסטרול | ||
Hindi कोलेस्ट्रॉल | ||
Hmong roj | ||
Hungarian koleszterin | ||
Icelandic kólesteról | ||
Igbo cholesterol | ||
Ilocano kolesterol nga | ||
Indonesian kolesterol | ||
Irish colaistéaról | ||
Italian colesterolo | ||
Japanese コレステロール | ||
Javanese kolesterol | ||
Kannada ಕೊಲೆಸ್ಟ್ರಾಲ್ | ||
Kazakh холестерол | ||
Khmer កូលេស្តេរ៉ុល | ||
Kinyarwanda cholesterol | ||
Konkani कोलेस्टेरॉल हें वखद | ||
Korean 콜레스테롤 | ||
Krio di kɔlɔstrel | ||
Kurdish kolesterol | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆلیسترۆڵ | ||
Kyrgyz холестерол | ||
Lao cholesterol | ||
Latin cholesterol | ||
Latvian holesterīns | ||
Lingala cholestérol oyo ezali na kati | ||
Lithuanian cholesterolio | ||
Luganda kolesterol wa kolesterol | ||
Luxembourgish cholesterin | ||
Macedonian холестерол | ||
Maithili कोलेस्ट्रॉल | ||
Malagasy kolesterola | ||
Malay kolesterol | ||
Malayalam കൊളസ്ട്രോൾ | ||
Maltese kolesterol | ||
Maori konupuku | ||
Marathi कोलेस्टेरॉल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯣꯂꯦꯁ꯭ꯇꯦꯔꯣꯜ꯫ | ||
Mizo cholesterol a ni | ||
Mongolian холестерол | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကိုလက်စထရော | ||
Nepali कोलेस्ट्रॉल | ||
Norwegian kolesterol | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) cholesterol | ||
Odia (Oriya) କୋଲେଷ୍ଟ୍ରଲ | ||
Oromo kolestroolii | ||
Pashto کولیسټرول | ||
Persian کلسترول | ||
Polish cholesterol | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) colesterol | ||
Punjabi ਕੋਲੇਸਟ੍ਰੋਲ | ||
Quechua colesterol nisqa | ||
Romanian colesterol | ||
Russian холестерин | ||
Samoan suka | ||
Sanskrit कोलेस्टेरोल | ||
Scots Gaelic cholesterol | ||
Sepedi kholeseterole | ||
Serbian холестерола | ||
Sesotho k'holeseterole | ||
Shona cholesterol | ||
Sindhi کوليسٽرول | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කොලෙස්ටරෝල් | ||
Slovak cholesterolu | ||
Slovenian holesterola | ||
Somali kolestarool | ||
Spanish colesterol | ||
Sundanese koléstérol | ||
Swahili cholesterol | ||
Swedish kolesterol | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kolesterol | ||
Tajik холестерин | ||
Tamil கொழுப்பு | ||
Tatar холестерин | ||
Telugu కొలెస్ట్రాల్ | ||
Thai คอเลสเตอรอล | ||
Tigrinya ኮለስትሮል ዝበሃሉ ምዃኖም ይፍለጥ | ||
Tsonga cholesterol ya kholesteroli | ||
Turkish kolesterol | ||
Turkmen holesterin | ||
Twi (Akan) srade a ɛwɔ mogya mu | ||
Ukrainian холестерин | ||
Urdu کولیسٹرول | ||
Uyghur خولېستېرىن | ||
Uzbek xolesterin | ||
Vietnamese cholesterol | ||
Welsh colesterol | ||
Xhosa icholesterol | ||
Yiddish קאַלעסטעראַל | ||
Yoruba idaabobo awọ | ||
Zulu cholesterol |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "cholesterol" comes from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), and refers to its role as a solid alcohol found in bile. |
| Albanian | The word "kolesteroli" is borrowed from the French word "cholestérol", which in turn derives from the Greek words "khole" meaning "bile" and "stereos" meaning "solid". The term was originally coined by the French chemist Eugène Chevreul in 1815. |
| Arabic | 'الكوليسترول'، في اللغة العربية، هي كلمة مُشتقة من الكلمة اليونانية 'chole'، التي تعني 'الصفراء'، و'stereos'، التي تعني 'صلب'، وذلك بسبب وجود المادة في حصوات المرارة. |
| Armenian | This word has Greek origins, consisting of "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), as it was first identified as a solid substance in bile. |
| Azerbaijani | The word comes from the Greek word chole- "bile" and stereos "solid" |
| Basque | The Basque word "kolesterola" is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid). |
| Belarusian | The word “халестэрын” comes from the Greek word “chole”, which means “bile” and “stereos”, which means “solid”. |
| Bengali | The word "cholesterol" comes from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid). |
| Bosnian | Bosnian word "holesterola" derives from the Greek words "khole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid). |
| Bulgarian | Производна от гр. жов, жлъчка и στερεός, твърд, вкамененост. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "colesterol" comes from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), as it was first isolated from gallstones. |
| Cebuano | The word "kolesterol" in Cebuano is derived from the Greek word "chole" meaning "bile" and "stereos" meaning "solid". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 胆固醇一词来自希腊语，意为“固体胆汁”，因为它最早是从胆汁中分离出来的。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 膽固醇本意為「膽汁裡的固體」，後來才延伸為醫學裡指的膽固醇。 |
| Croatian | U medicini, kolesterol se odnosi na sve sterole koji se nalaze u životinjskim tkivima i krvi i biljnom svijetu. |
| Czech | In Czech, cholesterol is sometimes informally referred to as "cholesteron" or "cholesterín". |
| Danish | The word 'kolesterol' (cholesterol) originates from the Greek words 'chole' (bile) and 'stereos' (solid), referring to its discovery as a solid substance in bile. |
| Dutch | Cholesterol in Dutch also refers to "gallstones". |
| Esperanto | "Kolesterolo" is a neologism coined from "kole" (bile) and the Esperanto suffix "-olo" (chemical substance). |
| Estonian | Kolesterool is derived from the Greek word chole (bile) and stereos (solid). |
| Finnish | The word "kolesteroli" is derived from the Greek word "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid). |
| French | En grec ancien, « χολή » signifie « bile » et « στερεός » signifie « solide ». |
| Frisian | The word “kolesteroal” entered Frisian from German in around the 1930s. |
| Georgian | The word was coined by the French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul in 1815 from the Greek word "chole" (meaning bile) and "stereos" (meaning solid). |
| German | The German word "Cholesterin" is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), reflecting its discovery in gallstones. |
| Greek | The word "χοληστερίνη" is derived from the Greek words "χολή" (bile) and "στερεός" (solid), referring to its initial discovery as a solid substance in bile. |
| Gujarati | The term "cholesterol" was first coined by French scientist Michel Eugène Chevreul in 1815 from the Greek words "chole" meaning "bile" and "stereos" meaning "solid." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "kolestewòl" is also used to mean "grease" or "fat". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word ''cholesterol'' derives from the Greek ''chole'' (bile) and ''stereos'' (solid), referring to its chemical composition. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "kolesterol" also means "wax like substance produced in the liver as part of digestion." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word כולסטרול (cholesterol) is derived from the Greek words chole (bile) and stereos (solid). |
| Hindi | The word "colesterol" is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), reflecting its original discovery in gallstones. |
| Hmong | The word "roj" in Hmong is derived from the Chinese word "ruòsèliáng", meaning "lard". |
| Hungarian | "Koleszterin" means the substance present everywhere in cell membranes in Hungarian; this meaning is less frequent in English. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "kólesteról" comes from the Greek word "chole," meaning "bile," and "stereos," meaning "solid." |
| Igbo | Cholesterol derives its name from the Greek word "chole", meaning "bile", and "stereos", meaning "solid". It was first isolated in 1784 by the French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul from gallstones. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "kolesterol" can also refer to an oily substance found in the blood. |
| Irish | The word "colaistéaról" comes from the Greek words "chole" meaning "bile" and "stereos" meaning "solid". |
| Italian | The word "colesterolo" comes from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), referring to its original discovery in gallstones. |
| Japanese | "コレステロール" was derived from the Greek "chole-" (bile) and "stereos" (solid) in 1886. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "kolesterol" can also refer to a type of traditional Javanese medicine made from fermented soybeans. |
| Kannada | The word "ಕೊಲೆಸ್ಟ್ರಾಲ್" (cholesterol) is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), due to its discovery in gallstones. |
| Kazakh | Слово "холестерол" в казахском языке также означает "прочный, крепкий". |
| Khmer | The word "កូលេស្តេរ៉ុល" (cholesterol) in Khmer is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), referring to its discovery as a solid substance in bile. |
| Korean | 콜레스테롤은 그리스어로 'cholé' (담즙)와 'stereos' (고체)에서 유래했습니다. |
| Kurdish | The word "kolesterol" in Kurdish, like in many other languages, ultimately derives from the Greek word "chole-," meaning "bile," and "stereos," meaning "solid." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "холестерол" (cholesterol) in Kyrgyz is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), and refers to the waxy substance found in animal tissues. |
| Lao | The word "cholesterol" comes from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), referring to its chemical composition and physical state in the body. |
| Latin | The word "cholesterol" is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), referring to its physical properties. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "holesterīns" is borrowed from French "cholestérine", which itself is derived from Ancient Greek "χολή" ("bile") + "στερεός" ("solid"). |
| Lithuanian | Cholesterolio is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile), "stereos" (solid), and "-ol" (alcohol), reflecting its chemical composition and its early discovery in gallstones. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Cholesterin" not only means "cholesterol", but also "bile". |
| Malagasy | The term "kolesterola" originates from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "steros" (solid), referring to its presence in the bile and its solid-like nature. |
| Malay | The word 'kolesterol' is derived from the Greek word 'chole' meaning 'bile' and 'stereos' meaning 'solid'. Cholesterol is sometimes referred to as 'lemak lilin' or 'wax fat' in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "കൊളസ്ട്രോൾ" is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), and refers to a type of fat that is found in the body and is essential for cell function. |
| Maltese | The word "kolesterol" used to be spelled "kolestrol" until a spelling reform in 1987. |
| Maori | In Maori, `konupuku` was originally a generic term for |
| Marathi | Cholesterol, a term coined by the French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul in 1815, is derived from the Greek words chole (bile) and stereos (solid). In Marathi, it is known as "कोलेस्टेरॉल" (kolestērol). |
| Mongolian | The word for 'cholesterol' in Mongolian, 'холестерол,' is derived from the Greek words 'chole' (bile) and 'stereos' (solid), reflecting its discovery as a solid substance in bile. |
| Nepali | The word "कोलेस्ट्रॉल" is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), and was first used in 1816 to describe a substance found in gallstones. |
| Norwegian | Kolesterol er avledet fra de greske ordene "chole", som betyr "galle," og "sterol", som betyr "fast alkohol." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja (Chichewa), the word "cholesterol" is used to describe both the medical term and the type of food that contains it, such as eggs and meat. |
| Pashto | It is derived from Greek: "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid) |
| Persian | In Persian, "کلسترول" also refers to a type of sweet dish made from wheat flour, sugar, and rose water. |
| Polish | The word "cholesterol" comes from the Greek words "chole" (meaning "bile") and "stereos" (meaning "solid"). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Em português, a palavra "colesterol" deriva do grego "chole" (bile) e "stereos" (sólido) e também pode referir-se a um temperamento difícil ou mal-humorado. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਕੋਲੇਸਟ੍ਰੋਲ' comes from the Greek words 'chole', meaning 'bile', and 'stereos', meaning 'solid', alluding to its original discovery as a solid alcohol in gallstones. |
| Romanian | Colesterol is a Romanian word meaning "cholesterol", derived from the Greek word "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid). |
| Russian | "Холестерин" произошло от греч. χολή — «желчь» + στερεός — «твердый». |
| Samoan | Suka can also mean "fish entrails" or "guts". |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, cholesterol is also called 'uisge-beatha', which literally translates to 'water of life'. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, 'холестерола' can mean both 'cholesterol' and 'gallstones' |
| Sesotho | The word 'k'holeseterole' is derived from the Greek word 'chole' meaning 'bile' and 'sterol' meaning 'solid alcohol'. It was first used in 1816 by the French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul to describe a substance found in gallstones. |
| Shona | The word "cholesterol" derives from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), referring to its chemical composition. |
| Sindhi | The word "كوليسٽرول" comes from the Greek word "chole", which means "bile", and "stereos", which means "solid". It was first isolated from gallstones in 1784. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word “කොලෙස්ටරෝල්” is derived from the Greek words “chole” (bile), “steros” (solid), and “ol” (alcohol), reflecting its chemical composition and presence in bile. |
| Slovak | The word "cholesterolu" is derived from the Greek word "chole", meaning "bile", and "stereos", meaning "solid". |
| Slovenian | Holesterola is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), and refers to the solid, crystalline form of the substance found in bile and other animal tissues. |
| Somali | The word "kolestarool" in Somali is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid). |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "colesterol" comes from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid). |
| Sundanese | "Koléstérol" berasal dari bahasa Yunani chole (empedu) dan stereos (padat) yang merujuk pada penampakan pertama kolesterol sebagai endapan lemak dalam kantong empedu. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "cholesterol" is also known as "mafuta ya damu," which literally translates to "blood fat." |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "kolesterol" can also refer to the substance's crystalline structure. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kolesterol" is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid), reflecting its chemical composition as a solid substance found in bile. |
| Tajik | Слово «холестерин» в таджикском языке имеет то же значение и этимологию, что и в русском и английском языках. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "கொழுப்பு" comes from the Proto-Dravidian word *kolumpu, meaning "fat" or "grease." |
| Thai | The word "คอเลสเตอรอล" is derived from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid). |
| Turkish | The word 'kolesterol' comes from the Greek 'chole' meaning 'bile', and 'stereos' meaning 'solid' or 'hard', due to its waxy, solid nature when extracted. |
| Ukrainian | The word "холестерин" comes from the Greek words "chole" (bile) and "stereos" (solid). |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "کولیسٹرول" shares the same etymology as "cholesterol" in English, originating from Greek roots meaning "bile" and "solid". |
| Uzbek | The word "xolesterin" in Uzbek also means "a fatty substance in the blood that can clog arteries". |
| Vietnamese | Cholesterol có nguồn gốc từ tiếng Hy Lạp, gồm chole (mật) và steros (rắn), tức là một chất rắn màu vàng nhạt tìm thấy trong mật. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "colesterol" is borrowed from the Greek word "chole" (meaning "bile") and "stereos" (meaning "solid"), referring to the compound's presence in bile and its waxy, fatty nature. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ikholestrol" is derived from the English word "cholesterol" and has the same meaning. |
| Yoruba | The word "idaabobo awọ" is a compound word that literally means "hardened fat". |
| Zulu | 'Cholesterol' is a loanword from European languages and has no Zulu etymology. |
| English | The word "cholesterol" originates from the Greek "chole," meaning "bile", and "stereos," meaning "solid." |