Standard Lemma guide

maltose

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

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmɔːltəʊz/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: malt sugar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disaccharide

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English malt Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English maltose From malt + -ose.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: малто́за (maltóza) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Bulgarian: ма́лцова за́хар (málcova záhar) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Catalan: maltosa — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Chinese Cantonese: 麥芽糖 /麦芽糖 — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麥芽糖 /麦芽糖 (màiyátáng) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Czech: maltóza — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Dutch: maltose — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Dutch: moutsuiker — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Esperanto: maltozo — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Finnish: maltoosi — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Finnish: mallassokeri — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • French: maltose — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • German: Maltose — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • German: Malzzucker — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Hindi: यवशर्करा (yavśarkarā) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Hungarian: malátacukor — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Hungarian: maltóz — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Indonesian: maltosa — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Irish: maltós — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Italian: maltosio — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Japanese: 麦芽糖 (bakugatō) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Japanese: マルトース (marutōsu) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Khmer: ម៉ាល់តូស (maltouh) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Korean: 말토오스 (maltooseu) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Korean: 맥아당 (maegadang) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Persian: مالتوز (mâltoz) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Polish: maltoza — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Portuguese: maltose — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Russian: мальто́за (malʹtóza) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Russian: со́лодовый са́хар (sólodovyj sáxar) — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Slovene: maltoza — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Spanish: maltosa — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Swedish: maltos — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Swedish: maltsocker — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Tagalog: maltosa — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Thai: มอลโทส — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Turkish: maltoz — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Turkish: malt şekeri — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Vietnamese: đường mạch nha — the disaccharide C12H22O11
  • Vietnamese: mạch nha — the disaccharide C12H22O11