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fructose

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈfɹʌk.təʊz/
  • UK: /ˈfɹʊk.təʊz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈfɹʌk.toʊs/
  • US: /ˈfɹʊk.toʊs/
  • US: /ˈfɹuk.toʊs/
  • CMU ARPABET: F R AH1 K T OW2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fruit sugar, levulose, laevulose

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ketohexose

History

Etymology

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: фруктоза (fruktoza) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Bulgarian: плодова захар (plodova zahar) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Catalan: fructosa — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Chinese Cantonese: 果糖 (gwo2 tong4) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Chinese: 果糖 (kó-thn̂g) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 果糖 (guǒtáng) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Czech: fruktóza — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Danish: fruktose — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Dutch: fructose — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Dutch: vruchtensuiker — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Esperanto: fruktozo — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Finnish: fruktoosi — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Finnish: hedelmäsokeri — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • French: fructose — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Galician: frutosa — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • German: Fruchtzucker — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • German: Fructose — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • German: Fruktose — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Greek: φρουκτόζη (frouktózi) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Hawaiian: huakō — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Hindi: फलधु (phaldhu) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Hungarian: fruktóz — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Hungarian: gyümölcscukor — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Icelandic: frúktósi — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Indonesian: fruktosa — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Italian: fruttosio — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Japanese: フルクトース (furukutōsu) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Japanese: 果糖 (katō) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Korean: 과당 (gwadang) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Lithuanian: fruktozė — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Māori: hukahua — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Māori: huka huarākau — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Marathi: फलधु (phaldhu) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Mongolian: фруктоз (fruktoz) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Mongolian: жимсний чихэр (žimsnii čixer) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Nepali: फलधु (phaladhu) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Norwegian: fruktose — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Norwegian: fruktsukker — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Persian: فروکتوز (fruktôz) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Polish: fruktoza — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Portuguese: frutose — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Romanian: fructoză — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Russian: фрукто́за (fruktóza) — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Serbo-Croatian: фруктоза — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Serbo-Croatian: fruktoza — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Slovak: fruktóza — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Slovene: fruktoza — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Slovene: sadni sladkor — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Spanish: fructosa — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Swedish: fruktos — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Swedish: fruktsocker — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Thai: ฟรักโทส — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Thai: ฟรุกโทส — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Turkish: fruktoz — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Turkish: meyve şekeri — monosaccharide ketose sugar
  • Welsh: ffrwctos — monosaccharide ketose sugar