xylitol

See also: Xylitol

English

Etymology

From Latin xylos (“wood or cotton-tree”) + -itol (“anhydric alcohol”).

Noun

xylitol (countable and uncountable, plural xylitols)

1. (chemistry) a pentahydric alcohol, C₅H₁₂O₅, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener

Synonyms

• E967 when used as a sweetener

Translations

an alcohol

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木糖醇 (zh) (mùtángchún)

• Finnish: ksylitoli (fi)
• German: Xylitol (de) n
• Greek: ξυλιτόλη (xylitóli)
• Hungarian: xilitol, xilit, nyírfacukor
• Japanese: キシリトール (kishiritōru)
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• Korean: 자일리톨 (jaillitol), 크실리톨 (keusillitol)
• Portuguese: xilitol m
• Russian: ксилит (ru) (ksilit)
• Spanish: xilitol m
• Swedish: xylitol
• Uzbek: ksilit

Further reading

• “xylitol”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• lyxitol

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Spanish

Noun

xylitol m (plural xylitoles)

1. xylitol