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hexose

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛk.səʊs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-səʊz/
  • General-American: /ˈhɛkˌsoʊs/
  • rhymes with -ɛksəʊs
  • rhymes with -ɛksəʊz

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

Broader terms: monosaccharide

2

noun

Meaning 2

a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar

Narrower terms: aldohexose, ketohexose

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English hex- Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English hexose From hex- + -ose.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: hexosa — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Chinese Cantonese: 己醣 /己糖 (gei2 tong4) — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Chinese: 己醣 /己糖 (kí-thn̂g) — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 己醣 /己糖 (jǐtáng) — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Esperanto: heksozo — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Finnish: heksoosi — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • French: hexose — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Italian: esoso — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Japanese: ヘキソース (hekisōsu) — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Portuguese: hexose — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Spanish: hexosa — sugar containing six carbon atoms
  • Swedish: hexos — sugar containing six carbon atoms