how to pronounce glycol

/ˈɡlaɪ.kɒl/

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glycol is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of glycol in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of diethyl een glycol per litre to get …”

meanings of glycol

noun:

Any aliphatic diol.
A thick, colourless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol.

glycol frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word glycol occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.