lactose

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlæk.təʊs/, /ˈlæk.təʊz/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlæk.toʊs/

Noun

lactose (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, (a product of glucose and galactose) used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

Translations

disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products

• Catalan: lactosa (ca) f
• Czech: laktóza (cs)
• Danish: laktose (da), mælkesukker (da)
• Dutch: lactose (nl) f, melksuiker (nl) m
• Esperanto: laktozo (eo), laktosukero (eo)
• French: lactose (fr) m
• German: Laktose (de) f, (alternatively:) Lactose (de), Milchzucker (de) m
• Hebrew: לקטוז (he) (laktóz) m
• Hungarian: laktóz (hu), tejcukor (hu)

• Italian: lattosio (it) m
• Japanese: 乳糖 (ja) (にゅうとう, nyūtō), ラクトース (ja) (rakutōsu)
• Mandarin: 乳糖 (cmn) (rǔtáng)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: laktose (no), melkesukker (no)

  Nynorsk: laktose (nn), mjølkesukker (nn)

• Polish: laktoza (pl) f
• Russian: лактоза (ru) (laktoza) f
• Spanish: lactosa (es) f
• Swedish: laktos (sv), mjölksocker (sv)
• Welsh: lactos (cy) m

Anagrams

• alecost, coletas, locates, scatole, talcose, to scale

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: lac‧to‧se

Noun

lactose f (uncountable)

1. lactose

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French

Noun

lactose m (uncountable)

1. lactose