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From their general formula Cn (H2 O)n ; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.
carbohydrate (plural carbohydrates )
( organic chemistry , nutrition ) A sugar , starch , or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant .
Synonyms: ( informal ) carb , saccharide ; see also Thesaurus:carbohydrate
These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs).
2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke , “In the News ”, in American Scientist :Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
( colloquial , by extension, metonymically ) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like bread and pasta.
organic compounds such as sugar, starch or cellulose
Albanian: karbohidrat (sq) m
Arabic: كَرْبُوهِيدْرَات pl ( karbūhīdrāt )
Armenian: ածխաջուր (hy) ( acxaǰur )
Azerbaijani: karbohidrat
Belarusian: вугляво́д m ( vuhljavód )
Bulgarian: въглехидра́т (bg) m ( vǎglehidrát )
Burmese: ကစီဓာတ် (my) ( ka.cidhat )
Catalan: carbohidrat (ca) m , hidrat de carboni (ca) m , glúcid (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 碳水化合物 ( taan3 seoi2 faa3 hap6 mat6 ) , 醣類 / 糖类 ( tong4 leoi6 ) , 糖類 / 糖类 ( tong4 leoi6 )
Mandarin: 碳水化合物 (zh) ( tànshuǐhuàhéwù ) , 醣類 / 糖类 (zh) ( tánglèi ) , 糖類 / 糖类 (zh) ( tánglèi )
Czech: sacharid (cs) m , uhlohydrát m
Danish: kulhydrat n
Dutch: koolhydraat (nl) n
Esperanto: karbonhidrato
Estonian: süsivesik
Finnish: hiilihydraatti (fi)
French: glucide (fr) m
Galician: carbohidrato (gl) m
Georgian: ნახშირწყალი ( naxširc̣q̇ali )
German: Kohlenhydrat (de) n
Greek: υδατάνθρακας (el) m ( ydatánthrakas )
Hawaiian: kōpia
Hindi: कार्बोहाइड्रेट m ( kārbohāiḍreṭ )
Hungarian: szénhidrát (hu)
Icelandic: kolvetni (is) n
Ido: karbohidrato (io)
Indonesian: karbohidrat (id) n
Irish: carbaihiodráit f
Italian: carboidrato (it) m
Japanese: 炭水化物 (ja) ( たんすいかぶつ, tansuikabutsu ) , 含水炭素 ( がんすいたんそ, gansuitanso ) ( obsolete )
Kazakh: көмірсу ( kömırsu )
Khmer: កាបូអ៊ីដ្រាត ( kaabouʼiidraat )
Korean: 탄수화물(炭水化物) (ko) ( tansuhwamul )
Kyrgyz: көмүрсуу ( kömürsuu )
Latvian: ogļhidrāts (lv) m
Lithuanian: angliavandenis m
Macedonian: јаглехидра́т m ( jaglehidrát )
Malay: karbohidrat (ms)
Maori: warowaihā
Marathi: कर्बोदक n ( karbodak )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: нүүрс ус ( nüürs us )
Mongolian: ᠨᠡᠭᠦᠷᠡᠰᠦ ᠤᠰᠤ ( negüresü usu )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: karbohydrat (no) n , kullhydrat (no) n
Nynorsk: karbohydrat n
Persian: کربوهیدرات ( karbohidrât )
Polish: węglowodan (pl) m , sacharyd (pl) m
Portuguese: carboidrato (pt) m
Romanian: carbohidrat (ro) m
Russian: углево́д (ru) m ( uglevód ) , карбогидра́т m ( karbogidrát )
Scottish Gaelic: gualaisg m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: угљени хидрат m , угљикохидрат m , карбохидрат m
Roman: ugljeni hidrat m , ugljikohidrat m , karbohidrat m
Slovak: sacharid m , uhľohydrát m
Slovene: ogljikov hidrat m
Spanish: carbohidrato m , hidrato de carbono
Swahili: hamirojo , kabohaidreti
Swedish: kolhydrat (sv) c
Tajik: карбогидрат ( karbogidrat ) , ангиштоб ( angištob )
Thai: คาร์โบไฮเดรต (th) ( kaa-boo-hai-drèet )
Turkish: karbonhidrat (tr)
Turkmen: uglewod
Ukrainian: вуглево́д m ( vuhlevód )
Uzbek: uglevod
Vietnamese: hyđat-cacbon
Welsh: carbohydrad m
Zhuang: danqsuijvaqhozvuz