sorbitol

English

Etymology

From Latin sorbus (“service tree”) +‎ -itol.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sor‧bi‧tol

Noun

sorbitol (countable and uncountable, plural sorbitols)

1. (organic chemistry) A sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4S,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol used as an artificial sweetener

Synonyms

• E420 when used as a sweetener

Translations

sugar alcohol

• Finnish: sorbitoli (fi)
• French: sorbitol (fr) m
• Galician: sorbitol (gl) m
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• Japanese: ソルビトール (sorubitōru)
• Spanish: sorbitol m

Anagrams

• triobols

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French

Noun

sorbitol m (plural sorbitols)

1. (organic chemistry) sorbitol

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Noun

sorbitol m (plural sorbitoles)

1. (organic chemistry) sorbitol