hexose

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

hexose

Wikipedia

Etymology

From hex- +‎ -ose.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.səʊs/, /-səʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkˌsoʊs/
• Rhymes: -ɛksəʊs, -ɛksəʊz
• Hyphenation: hex‧ose

Noun

hexose (plural hexoses)

1. (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.

   Hypernym: monosaccharide

   Hyponyms: aldohexose, ketohexose, fucose, fuculose, rhamnose

Derived terms

• aldohexose
• chitohexose
• deoxyhexose
• dihexose
• hexosamine
• hexoside
• hexosyl
• ketohexose
• monohexose
• phosphohexose
• polyhexose
• rhamnohexose
• trihexose

Descendants

• → Japanese: ヘキソース (hekisōsu)

Translations

sugar containing six carbon atoms

Catalan: hexosa f Chinese: Cantonese: 己醣 / 己糖 (gei2 tong4) Hokkien: 己醣 / 己糖 (kí-thn̂g) Mandarin: 己醣 / 己糖 (zh) (jǐtáng) Esperanto: heksozo Finnish: heksoosi French: hexose (fr) m Italian: esoso (it) m Japanese: ヘキソース (hekisōsu) Portuguese: hexose f Spanish: hexosa f Swedish: hexos (sv)

Further reading

• “hexose”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “hexose”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “hexose”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “hexose”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “hexose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “hexose, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

hexose

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zoz/

Noun

hexose f (plural hexoses)

1. (biochemistry) hexose (sugar containing six carbon atoms)

Further reading

• “hexose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

hexose

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkˈsɔ.zi/, /ˌɛɡˈzɔ.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkˈsɔ.zi/, /ˌɛɡˈzɔ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkˈsɔ.ze/, /ˌɛɡˈzɔ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛˈksɔ.zɨ/, /ˌɛˈɡzɔ.zɨ/ [ˌɛˈɣzɔ.zɨ]

• Hyphenation: he‧xo‧se

Noun

hexose f (plural hexoses)

1. (biochemistry) hexose (sugar containing six carbon atoms)

Further reading

• “hexose”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “hexose”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “hexose”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “hexose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025