carbohydrate

English

Etymology

From their general formula C_n(H₂O)_n; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/
• (US) IPA: /kɑːɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Wikipedia carbohydrate (plural carbohydrates)

1. (organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide.

   These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs).

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:carbohydrate

Derived terms

• anticarbohydrate
• complex carbohydrate
• simple carbohydrate

Translations

organic compounds; sugar, starch or cellulose

• Catalan: carbohidrat (ca) m
• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 碳水化合物 (cmn) (tànshuǐhuàhéwù)

• Czech: sacharid (cs) m, karbohydrát (cs) m
• Danish: kulhydrat (da)
• Dutch: koolhydraat (nl)
• Esperanto: karbonhidrato (eo)
• Finnish: hiilihydraatti (fi)
• French: glucide (fr) m
• German: Kohlenhydrat (de) n
• Greek: υδατάνθρακας (el) (ydatánthrakas) m
• Icelandic: kolvetni (is) n
• Ido: karbohidrato (io)
• Irish: carbaihiodráit (ga) f

• Italian: carboidrato (it) m
• Japanese: 炭水化物 (ja) (たんすいかぶつ, tansuikabutsu)
• Korean: 탄수화물 (ko) (tansuhwamul)
• Norwegian: karbohydrat (no) n, kullhydrat (no) n, kolhydrat (no) n
• Polish: węglowodan (pl) m
• Romanian: carbohidrat (ro) m
• Russian: углевод (ru) (uglevód) m
• Scottish Gaelic: gualaisg (gd) m
• Spanish: carbohidrato (es) m, hidrato de carbono (es)
• Swedish: kolhydrat (sv) c
• Turkish: karbonhidrat (tr)
• Vietnamese: hyđat-cacbon (vi)
• Welsh: carbohydrad (cy) m