saccharide

See also: Saccharide

English

Etymology

From saccharo- +‎ -ide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/, /ˈsæk.ɚ.ɪd/

  • Audio (US):

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Noun

saccharide (plural saccharides)

1. (biochemistry) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula C_nH_2nO_n. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:carbohydrate

Derived terms

• aminosaccharide
• decasaccharide
• disaccharide
• glucosaccharide
• heptasaccharide
• heterosaccharide
• hexasaccharide
• isomaltosaccharide
• monosaccharide
• oligosaccharide
• pentasaccharide
• phosphosaccharide
• polysaccharide
• tetrasaccharide
• trisaccharide

 

Related terms

• heptose
• hexose
• pentose
• tetrose
• triose

 

Translations

the unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula C_nH_2nO_n

• Catalan: sacàrid (ca) m
• Dutch: sacharide (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: sakarido
• Finnish: sakkaridi
• French: (formally) saccharide (fr) m
• Greek: σακχαρίτης m (sakcharítis)
• Icelandic: sykra (is) f
• Italian: saccaride (it)
• Japanese: 糖質 (ja) (とうしつ, tōshitsu)
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• Korean: 당질(糖質) (ko) (dangjil)
• Polish: sacharyd (pl) m
• Portuguese: sacarídeo m
• Romanian: zaharidă f
• Swedish: sackarid (sv)
• Turkish: sakkarit

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ka.ʁid/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

saccharide m (plural saccharides)

1. (chemistry) Alternative form of saccaride

Further reading

• “saccharide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.