pentose
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Internationalism, from penta- (“five”) + -ose.
Noun
pentose (plural pentoses)
- (biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
- Hypernym: monosaccharide
- Hyponyms: aldopentose, deoxyribose, ketopentose
- Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.
Derived terms
Translations
saccharide containing five carbon atoms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Internationalism, from penta- (“five”) + -ose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃.toz/
Noun
pentose m (plural pentoses)
Further reading
- “pentose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Portuguese
Etymology
Internationalism, from penta- (“five”) + -ose.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽˈtɔ.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽˈtɔ.ze/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pẽˈtɔ.zɨ/
- Hyphenation: pen‧to‧se
Noun
pentose f (plural pentoses)
Further reading
- “pentose”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pentose”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “pentose”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “pentose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026