noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈsukɹoʊs/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsuːkɹəʊz/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsjuːkɹəʊz/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: saccharose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disaccharide, plant product
Narrower terms: galactose, brain sugar
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh2 Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle French sucre French sucre Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English sucrose From French sucre (“sugar”) + English -ose. By surface analysis, sucr- (“sugar”) + -ose.
Across languages
Translations
92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
sakaroza
— a disaccharide
Arabic:
سكروز
(sakruz)
— a disaccharide
Armenian:
սախարոզ
(saxaroz)
— a disaccharide
Asturian:
sacarosa
— a disaccharide
Basque:
sakarosa
— a disaccharide
Belarusian:
цукроза
(cukróza)
— a disaccharide
Bengali:
সুক্রোজ
(śukrōj)
— a disaccharide
Bengali:
সুকরোজ
(śukrōj)
— a disaccharide
Bulgarian:
захароза
(zaharoza)
— a disaccharide
Bulgarian:
сукроза
(sukroza)
— a disaccharide
Catalan:
sacarosa
— a disaccharide
Chinese Cantonese:
蔗糖
(ze3 tong4)
— a disaccharide
Hakka Chinese:
蔗糖
(cha-thòng)
— a disaccharide
Chinese:
蔗糖
(chià-thn̂g)
— a disaccharide
Chinese Mandarin:
蔗糖
(zhètáng)
— a disaccharide
Crimean Tatar:
saharoza
— a disaccharide
Czech:
sacharóza
— a disaccharide
Danish:
sukrose
— a disaccharide
Danish:
saccharose
— a disaccharide
Dutch:
sacharose
— a disaccharide
Esperanto:
sakarozo
— a disaccharide
Estonian:
sahharoos
— a disaccharide
Finnish:
sakkaroosi
— a disaccharide
French:
saccharose
— a disaccharide
French:
saccarose
— a disaccharide
North Frisian:
saccharoos
— a disaccharide
West-Frisian:
sacharoaze
— a disaccharide
Galician:
sacarosa
— a disaccharide
Georgian:
საქაროზა
(sakaroza)
— a disaccharide
German:
Saccharose
— a disaccharide
Greek:
σακχαρόζη
(sakcharózi)
— a disaccharide
Greek:
καλαμοσάκχαρο
(kalamosákcharo)
— a disaccharide
Hindi:
इक्षुधु
(ikṣudhu)
— a disaccharide
Hungarian:
cukor
— a disaccharide
Hungarian:
szacharóz
— a disaccharide
Icelandic:
súkrósi
— a disaccharide
Icelandic:
sakkarósi
— a disaccharide
Ido:
sakarozo
— a disaccharide
Indonesian:
sukrosa
— a disaccharide
Irish:
siúcrós
— a disaccharide
Italian:
saccarosio
— a disaccharide
Japanese:
スクロース
(sukurōsu)
— a disaccharide
Japanese:
蔗糖
(shotō)
— a disaccharide
Javanese:
sukrosa
— a disaccharide
Kannada:
ಸುಕ್ರೋಸ್
(sukrōs)
— a disaccharide
Kazakh:
сахароза
(saxaroza)
— a disaccharide
Khmer:
សក្ករជាតិ
(sɑɑkkɑɑciəteʼ)
— a disaccharide
Khmer:
ស៊ុក្រូស
(sukrouh)
— a disaccharide
Korean:
수크로스
(sukeuroseu)
— a disaccharide
Korean:
자당
(jadang)
— a disaccharide
Northern Kurdish:
sakaroz
— a disaccharide
Kyrgyz:
сахароза
(saharoza)
— a disaccharide
Latin:
saccharosum
— a disaccharide
Latvian:
saharoze
— a disaccharide
Lithuanian:
sacharozė
— a disaccharide
Luxembourgish:
Saccharos
— a disaccharide
Macedonian:
сахароза
(saharoza)
— a disaccharide
Malay:
sukrosa
— a disaccharide
Malayalam:
സുക്രോസ്
(sukrōsŭ)
— a disaccharide
Māori:
hukatō
— a disaccharide
Marathi:
इक्षुधु
(ikṣudhu)
— a disaccharide
Mongolian:
сахароз
(saxaroz)
— a disaccharide
Mongolian:
нишингийн чихэр
(nišingiin čixer)
— a disaccharide