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glucose

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡluː.kəʊz/
  • UK: /ˈɡluː.kəʊs/
  • Canada, US: /ˈɡlu.koʊs/
  • Canada, US: /ˈɡlu.koʊz/
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  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːkəʊs
  • rhymes with -uːkəʊz
  • CMU ARPABET: G L UW1 K OW2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.

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: blood sugar, corn sugar, grape sugar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: aldohexose, hexose, monosaccharide, saccharide, carbohydrate

2

noun

Meaning 2

a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: aldohexose

Narrower terms: glucosamine, corn sugar, dextrose, dextroglucose, grape sugar, blood sugar, blood glucose

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucose From French, from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “wine, must”). By surface analysis, gluco- + -ose; note that -ose is derived from the word glucose.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: glukozë — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Arabic: جلوكوز — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Bengali: গ্লুকোজ (glukōj) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Catalan: glucosa — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Chinese Cantonese: 葡萄糖 (pou4 tou4 tong4) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Chinese: 葡萄糖 (phû-tô-thn̂g, phô-tô-thn̂g, phôe-tô-thn̂g, pû-tô-thn̂g) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Czech: glukóza — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Danish: glukose — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Danish: druesukker — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Dutch: glucose — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Dutch: druivensuiker — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Esperanto: glukozo — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Faroese: drúvusukur — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Finnish: glukoosi — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Finnish: rypälesokeri — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • French: glucose — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Georgian: გლუკოზა (gluḳoza) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • German: Glukose — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • German: Traubenzucker — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Greek: γλυκόζη (glykózi) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Hawaiian: monakō — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Hebrew: גלוקוז (glukóz) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Hindi: ग्लूकोज़ (glūkoz) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Hindi: द्राक्षधु (drākṣadhu) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Hungarian: glükóz — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Hungarian: szőlőcukor — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Icelandic: glúkósi — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Ido: glikoso — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Indonesian: glukosa — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Irish: glúcós — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Italian: glucosio — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Japanese: ブドウ糖 (budōtō) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Japanese: 葡萄糖 (budōtō) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Japanese: グルコース (gurukōsu) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Khmer: គ្លុយកូស (kluykouh) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Khmer: មធុរជាតិ (mĕəʼthurĕəʼciət) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Korean: 포도당 (pododang) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Korean: 글루코스 (geullukoseu) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Latvian: glikoze — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Lithuanian: gliukozė — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Maltese: glukows — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Māori: hukatoto — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Marathi: ग्लुकोज (glukoj) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Mongolian: глюкоз (gljukoz) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Mongolian: усан үзмийн чихэр (usan üzmiin čixer) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Mongolian: үзмийн чихэр (üzmiin čixer) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Navajo: chʼiyáán náálkąąd bee jiinánígíí — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Norwegian: glukose — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Norwegian: druesukker — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Persian: گلوکوز (glukôz) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Persian: قند انگور (qand-e angur) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Polish: glukoza — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Polish: cukier gronowy — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Portuguese: glicose — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Portuguese: glucose — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Romanian: glucoză — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Russian: глюко́за (gljukóza) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Slovak: glukóza — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Slovene: glukoza — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Slovene: grozdni sladkor — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Spanish: glucosa — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Swahili: glukosi — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Swedish: glukos — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Swedish: dextros — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Swedish: druvsocker — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Swedish: blodsocker — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Tagalog: glukosa — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Thai: กลูโคส (gluu-kóot) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Turkish: glikoz — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Turkish: üzüm şekeri — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Ukrainian: глюко́за (hljukóza) — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Vietnamese: glucozơ — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Vietnamese: glu-cô — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Welsh: glwcos — simple monosaccharide sugar
  • Welsh: siwgwr grawn — simple monosaccharide sugar