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glycoside

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: /ˈɡlaɪ.kə(ʊ)ˌsaɪd/
  • US: /ˈɡlaɪ.kəˌsaɪd/
  • US: /ˈɡlaɪ.koʊˌsaɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G L AY1 K AH0 S AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organic compound

Narrower terms: glucoside, nucleoside, strophanthin

History

Etymology

From glycose + -ide, 1925–1930. Morphologically from Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + -ose + -ide.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: glicòsid — chemical compound
  • Chinese Cantonese: 苷 (gam1) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Cantonese: 醣苷 /糖苷 (tong4 gam1) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Cantonese: 配糖體 /配糖体 (pui3 tong4 tai2) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Cantonese: 配糖物 (pui3 tong4 mat6) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Cantonese: 甙 (doi6) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苷 (gān) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醣苷 /糖苷 (tánggān) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 配糖體 /配糖体 (pèitángtǐ) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 配糖物 (pèitángwù) — chemical compound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甙 (dài) — chemical compound
  • Danish: glykosid — chemical compound
  • Finnish: glykosidi — chemical compound
  • French: glycoside — chemical compound
  • Greek: γλυκοζίτης (glykozítis) — chemical compound
  • Italian: glicoside — chemical compound
  • Japanese: 配糖体 (haitōtai) — chemical compound
  • Japanese: グリコシド (gurikoshido) — chemical compound
  • Kazakh: гликозид (glikozid) — chemical compound
  • Polish: glikozyd — chemical compound
  • Portuguese: glicosídeo — chemical compound
  • Portuguese: glicósido — chemical compound
  • Russian: гликози́д (glikozíd) — chemical compound
  • Spanish: glucósido — chemical compound