saccharose

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Pali sakkharābor.

Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor.

Latin saccharon

Latin saccharum

English saccharo-

Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der.

French glucose

English glucosebf.

English -ose

English saccharose

From saccharo- + -ose.

Noun

saccharose (countable and uncountable, plural saccharoses)

1. (biochemistry) sugar, especially sucrose

Derived terms

• monosaccharose
• nitrosaccharose
• polysaccharose
• saccharosuria

Anagrams

• Oscar Asche

French

Alternative forms

• saccarose (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ka.ʁoz/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

saccharose m (uncountable)

1. sucrose

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

saccharose f (uncountable)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of sacarose