Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sucrose

/ˈsukɹoʊs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: su-crose
IPA: /ˈsukɹoʊs/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Dextran is an indicator of cane deterioration and sucrose loss after harvesting of the cane."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsukɹoʊs/
British English: /ˈsuːkɹəʊz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sucroses (plural)

Derived Forms

fluorosucrose galactosucrose lactosucrose nonsucrose sucralfate sucrase sucrate sucrolysis sucrolytic sucroselike

Synonyms

saccharose

Questions

How do you pronounce sucrose?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsukɹoʊs/.
What does sucrose mean?: A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
Where does sucrose come from?: 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.

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