Dictionary

sucrose en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsukɹoʊs/ (General-American)
• /ˈsjuːkɹəʊz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsuːkɹəʊz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
   • Dextran is an indicator of cane deterioration and sucrose loss after harvesting of the cane. 2019, S. Nel, S. B. Davis, A. Endo, and L. M. T. Dicks, “Differentiation between Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Bacillus subtilis isolated from a South African sugarcane processing factory using ARDRA and rpoB gene sequencing” in Archives of Microbiology, 1
   • There were four forms of sugar interesting to the physiologist---cane sugar, grape sugar, milk sugar, and liver sugar. They might be called, for the sake of distinction, sucrose, glucose, lactose, and hepatose. The first two were vegetable, the last two, animal products. 1858, July 3, The Medical Times & Gazette, 20

Forms

Deriveds

sucrate · sucrolytic · galactosucrose · sucrolysis · nonsucrose · lactosucrose · sucralfate · sucrase · sucroselike · fluorosucrose

Synonyms

saccharose

Translations (92)

si සුක්රෝස් (a disaccharide) · el καλαμοσάκχαρο (a disaccharide) · hu szacharóz (a disaccharide) · hak 蔗糖 (a disaccharide) · uk цукро́за (a disaccharide) · uk сахаро́за (a disaccharide) · gl sacarosa (a disaccharide) · fi sakkaroosi (a disaccharide) · ky сахароза (a disaccharide) · oc sucròsa (a disaccharide) · hu cukor (a disaccharide) · ko 수크로스 (a disaccharide) · mi hukatō (a disaccharide) · de Saccharose (a disaccharide) · el σακχαρόζη (a disaccharide) · fr saccharose (a disaccharide) · lb Saccharos (a disaccharide) · bg захароза (a disaccharide) · bg сукроза (a disaccharide) · uz сахароза (a disaccharide) · eu sakarosa (a disaccharide) · nn sukrose (a disaccharide) · kn ಸುಕ್ರೋಸ್ (a disaccharide) · ro sucroză (a disaccharide) · hy սախարոզ (a disaccharide) · sh сахаро́за (a disaccharide) · fa ساکارز (a disaccharide) · km ស៊ុក្រូស (a disaccharide) · pt sacarose (a disaccharide) · la saccharosum (a disaccharide) · mn нишингийн чихэр (a disaccharide) · kmr sakaroz (a disaccharide) · te సుక్రోజ్ (a disaccharide) · fy sacharoaze (a disaccharide) · hi इक्षुधु (a disaccharide) · ms sukrosa (a disaccharide) · oc sacaròsa (a disaccharide) · ar سكروز (a disaccharide) · da saccharose (a disaccharide) · is sakkarósi (a disaccharide) · crh saharoza (a disaccharide) · mk сахароза (a disaccharide) · nl sacharose (a disaccharide) · lt sacharozė (a disaccharide) · cmn 蔗糖 (a disaccharide) · ka საქაროზა (a disaccharide) · ja スクロース (a disaccharide) · it saccarosio (a disaccharide) · ru сахаро́за (a disaccharide) · cs sacharóza (a disaccharide) · nan-hbl 蔗糖 (a disaccharide) · io sakarozo (a disaccharide) · th ซูโครส (a disaccharide) · cy swcros (a disaccharide) · is súkrósi (a disaccharide) · id sukrosa (a disaccharide) · ko 자당 (a disaccharide) · su sukrosa (a disaccharide) · ro zaharoză (a disaccharide) · uz saxaroza (a disaccharide) · yue 蔗糖 (a disaccharide) · bn সুকরোজ (a disaccharide) · bn সুক্রোজ (a disaccharide) · et sahharoos (a disaccharide) · jv sukrosa (a disaccharide) · sv sukros (a disaccharide) · sk sacharóza (a disaccharide) · sv sackaros (a disaccharide) · pl sacharoza (a disaccharide) · km សក្ករជាតិ (a disaccharide) · fr saccarose (a disaccharide) · kk сахароза (a disaccharide) · mr इक्षुधु (a disaccharide) · sq sakaroza (a disaccharide) · ast sacarosa (a disaccharide) · lv saharoze (a disaccharide) · sl saharoza (a disaccharide) · eo sakarozo (a disaccharide) · mn сахароз (a disaccharide) · ga siúcrós (a disaccharide) · tr sakkaroz (a disaccharide) · ne इक्षुधु (a disaccharide) · ca sacarosa (a disaccharide) · ml സുക്രോസ് (a disaccharide) · ja 蔗糖 (a disaccharide) · nb sukrose (a disaccharide) · da sukrose (a disaccharide) · be цукроза (a disaccharide) · sh saharóza (a disaccharide) · ta சுக்குரோசு (a disaccharide) · frr saccharoos (a disaccharide) · es sacarosa (a disaccharide)