fructose

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌk.təʊz/, /ˈfɹʊk.təʊz/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌk.toʊs/, /ˈfɹʊk.toʊs/, /ˈfɹuk.toʊs/

fructose (countable and uncountable, plural fructoses)

1. (biochemistry) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.

• acrose
• fruit sugar

• ketohexose
• hexose
• monosaccharide

• lævulose, laevulose, levulose
• D-fructose
• L-fructose
• levoglucose

• fructan

• fructan

• Corfutes, forecuts

From Latin fructus +‎ -ose.

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• Hyphenation: fruc‧to‧se

fructose f or m (uncountable)

1. fructose

• vruchtensuiker

fructose m (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) fructose

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