monosaccharide

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ saccharide.

Noun

monosaccharide (plural monosaccharides)

(biochemistry) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring

Synonyms

monosugar
simple sugar

Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

Translations

a simple sugar, composed of a single ring

Catalan: monosacàrid m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 單醣／单糖 (daan¹ tong⁴) or 單糖／单糖 (daan¹ tong⁴)

Hokkien: 單醣／单糖, 單糖／单糖 (tan-thn̂g)

Mandarin: 單醣／单糖 (zh) (dāntáng) or 單糖／单糖 (zh) (dāntáng)
Czech: monosacharid m
Esperanto: monosakarido
Finnish: monosakkaridi (fi)
French: monosaccharide (fr) m, ose (fr) m
Georgian: მონოსაქარიდი (monosakaridi)
German: Monosaccharid (de) n
Hungarian: monoszacharid (hu)
Italian: monosaccaride (it) m
Japanese: 単糖 (たんとう, tantō)
Polish: monosacharyd (pl) m
Portuguese: monossacarídeo m, monossacarídio m
Romanian: monozaharidă (ro) f
Russian: моносахарид (ru) m (monosaxarid)
Slovene: monosaharid m
Spanish: monosacárido m
Swedish: monosackarid (sv) c
Turkish: monosakkarit (tr)

French

Etymology

From mono- +‎ saccharide.

Pronunciation

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Noun

monosaccharide m (plural monosaccharides)

monosaccharide

Further reading

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

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