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saccharin

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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  • UK, US: /ˈsækəɹɪn/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: saccharine
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE1 K ER0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A white, crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sweetening, sweetener

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh2 Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum German -in German Saccharinbor. English saccharin From German Saccharin, coined in 1879 by the Russian-born chemist Constantin Fahlberg (1850–1910) who discovered it, from Latin saccharon, saccharum + -in.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: sakarina — white crystalline powder
  • Bulgarian: захарин (zaharin) — white crystalline powder
  • Catalan: sacarina — white crystalline powder
  • Chinese Cantonese: 糖精 — white crystalline powder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糖精 (tángjīng) — white crystalline powder
  • Finnish: sakariini — white crystalline powder
  • French: saccharine — white crystalline powder
  • German: Saccharin — white crystalline powder
  • Greek: ζαχαρίνη (zacharíni) — white crystalline powder
  • Greek: σακχαρίνη (sakcharíni) — white crystalline powder
  • Italian: saccarina — white crystalline powder
  • Japanese: サッカリン (sakkarin) — white crystalline powder
  • Japanese: 甘精 (kansei) — white crystalline powder
  • Korean: 사카린 (sakarin) — white crystalline powder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sakkarin — white crystalline powder
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sakkarin — white crystalline powder
  • Persian: ساخارین (sâxârin) — white crystalline powder
  • Persian: ساکارین (sâkârin) — white crystalline powder
  • Polish: sacharyna — white crystalline powder
  • Portuguese: sacarina — white crystalline powder
  • Russian: сахари́н (saxarín) — white crystalline powder
  • Spanish: sacarina — white crystalline powder
  • Swedish: sackarin — white crystalline powder
  • Tagalog: sakarina — white crystalline powder
  • Thai: ขัณฑสกร (kǎn-tót-sà-gɔɔn) — white crystalline powder
  • Thai: ดีน้ําตาล (dii-nám-dtaan) — white crystalline powder
  • Thai: แซกคารีน (sɛ̂k-kaa-riin) — white crystalline powder
  • Turkish: sakarin — white crystalline powder