pectin

English

Alternative forms

• pectine (archaic)

Etymology

From French pectine, coined in the 1830s by Henri Braconnot, from acide pectique "pectic acid", from Ancient Greek πηκτικός (pēktikós, “curdling”), from πηκτός (pēktós, “curdled”), from πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “stiffen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛktɪn/

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Noun

pectin (countable and uncountable, plural pectins)

1. (biochemistry) A plant-derived polysaccharide found in cell walls (especially in fruits) that forms a gel under acidic conditions and is commonly used to thicken foods like jam and jellies.

   Synonyms: E440 (when used as an emulsifier), vegetable jelly (obsolete)

   Apple is rich in pectin and so is often added to other fruits when making jam so it will set.

Derived terms

• agaropectin
• amylopectin
• hydropectin
• metapectin
• oligopectin
• parapectin
• pectinaceous
• pectinase
• pectinated
• pectinesterase
• pectinolytic
• pectocellulose
• protopectin

Related terms

• pectic

Translations

substance

• Catalan: pectina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 果膠 / 果胶 (zh) (guǒjiāo)

• Czech: pektin m
• Danish: pektin
• Esperanto: pektino
• Estonian: pektiin
• Finnish: pektiini
• French: pectine (fr) f
• Georgian: პექტინი (ṗekṭini)
• German: Pektin (de) n
• Greek: πηκτίνη (el) f (piktíni)
• Hungarian: pektin (hu)
• Icelandic: ávaxtahlaup n
• Ido: pektino (io)
• Italian: pectina (it) f
• Japanese: ペクチン (pekuchin)
• Norwegian: pektin
• Polish: pektyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: pectina f
• Romanian: pectină (ro) f
• Russian: пекти́н (ru) m (pektín)
• Spanish: pectina (es) f
• Swedish: pektin (sv)
• Turkish: pektin (tr)

Anagrams

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