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galactose

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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  • US: /ɡəˈlaktəʊz/
  • US: /ɡəˈlaktəʊs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G AH0 L AE1 K T OW0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.

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: brain sugar

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a simple sugar found in lactose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brain sugar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sucrose, saccharose

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάλακτος (gálaktos, “milk”) + -ose (“sugar”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: galactosa — the monosaccharide
  • Chinese Cantonese: 半乳糖 (bun2 jyu5 tong4) — the monosaccharide
  • Chinese: 半奶糖 (pòan-leng-thn̂g, pòan-ni-thn̂g, pòan-lin-thn̂g) — the monosaccharide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 半乳糖 (bànrǔtáng) — the monosaccharide
  • Czech: galaktóza — the monosaccharide
  • Danish: galaktose — the monosaccharide
  • Esperanto: galaktozo — the monosaccharide
  • Finnish: galaktoosi — the monosaccharide
  • French: galactose — the monosaccharide
  • Galician: galactosa — the monosaccharide
  • Gujarati: વિદુગ્ધધુ (vidugdhadhu) — the monosaccharide
  • Hindi: विदुग्धधु (vidugdhadhu) — the monosaccharide
  • Italian: galattosio — the monosaccharide
  • Marathi: विदुग्धधू (vidugdhadhū) — the monosaccharide
  • Nepali: विदुग्धधु (vidugdhadhu) — the monosaccharide
  • Norwegian: galaktose — the monosaccharide
  • Persian: گالاکتوز (gâlâktoz) — the monosaccharide
  • Polish: galaktoza — the monosaccharide
  • Portuguese: galactose — the monosaccharide
  • Russian: галакто́за (galaktóza) — the monosaccharide
  • Slovak: galaktóza — the monosaccharide
  • Slovene: galaktoza — the monosaccharide
  • Spanish: galactosa — the monosaccharide
  • Swedish: galaktos — the monosaccharide
  • Tagalog: galaktosa — the monosaccharide
  • Thai: กาแล็กโทส — the monosaccharide