saccharin

English

Alternative forms

• saccharine

Etymology

From German Saccharin, coined in 1879 by the Russian-born chemist Constantin Fahlberg (1850–1910) who discovered it, from Latin saccharon, saccharum + -in.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsækəɹɪn/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Homophone: saccharine

Noun

saccharin (countable and uncountable, plural saccharins)

1. (chemistry) A white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.
   • 2023 May 15, April Rubin, “World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Some examples of the sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and stevia. The W.H.O.’s announcement contradicts previous studies that have said these sweeteners don’t offer any health benefits but also do not cause harm.

Synonyms

• E954 (when used as a sweetener)

Derived terms

• nitrosaccharin
• saccharine (“of or relating to saccharin”)
• saccharinic

Related terms

• saccharine (“sugary; sugar”)

Translations

white crystalline powder

• Basque: sakarina
• Bulgarian: захарин m (zaharin)
• Catalan: sacarina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 糖精 (tong⁴ zing¹)

  Mandarin: 糖精 (zh) (tángjīng)

• Finnish: sakariini (fi)
• French: saccharine (fr) f
• German: Saccharin n
• Greek: ζαχαρίνη (el) f (zacharíni), σακχαρίνη (el) f (sakcharíni)
• Italian: saccarina (it) f
• Japanese: サッカリン (ja) (sakkarin), 甘精 (ja) (かんせい, kansei)
• Korean: 사카린 (ko) (sakarin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sakkarin m or n

  Nynorsk: sakkarin m or n

• Persian: ساخارین (fa) (sâxârin), ساکارین (sâkârin)
• Polish: sacharyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: sacarina (pt) f
• Russian: сахари́н (ru) m (saxarín)
• Spanish: sacarina (es) f
• Tagalog: sakarina
• Thai: ขัณฑสกร (th) (kǎn-tót-sà-gɔɔn), ดีน้ำตาล (dii-nám-dtaan), แซกคารีน (sɛ̂k-kaa-riin)
• Turkish: sakarin (tr)

Anagrams

• characins