maltose

English

Etymology

From malt +‎ -ose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːltəʊz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

maltose (countable and uncountable, plural maltoses)

1. (biochemistry) A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose

Translations

the disaccharide C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁

• Catalan: maltosa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 麥芽糖／麦芽糖 (mak⁶ ngaa⁴ tong^4-2)

  Mandarin: 麥芽糖／麦芽糖 (zh) (màiyátáng)

• Czech: maltóza f
• Dutch: maltose (nl) c, moutsuiker (nl) m
• Esperanto: maltozo
• Finnish: maltoosi (fi), mallassokeri (fi)
• French: maltose (fr) m
• German: Maltose f, Malzzucker (de) m
• Hindi: यवशर्करा (yavśarkarā)
• Hungarian: malátacukor (hu), maltóz (hu)
• Indonesian: maltosa (id)
• Irish: maltós m
• Italian: maltosio (it) m
• Japanese: 麦芽糖 (ばくがとう, bakugatō), マルトース (marutōsu)
• Khmer: ម៉ាល់តូស (maltouh)
• Korean: 말토오스 (maltooseu), 맥아당(麥芽糖) (ko) (maegadang)
• Persian: مالتوز (mâltoz)
• Polish: maltoza f
• Portuguese: maltose (pt) f
• Russian: мальто́за (ru) f (malʹtóza), со́лодовый са́хар m (sólodovyj sáxar)
• Slovene: maltoza f
• Spanish: maltosa f
• Swedish: maltos (sv) c, maltsocker (sv) n
• Tagalog: maltosa
• Thai: มอลโทส
• Turkish: maltoz (tr), malt şekeri
• Vietnamese: đường mạch nha, mạch nha (vi)

Anagrams

• MATESOL, Tomales

Dutch

Etymology

From English malt +‎ -ose.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mal‧to‧se

Noun

maltose c (uncountable)

1. maltose

Synonyms

• moutsuiker

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

maltose m (plural maltoses)

1. maltose

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From malte +‎ -ose.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈtɔ.zi/ [maʊ̯ˈtɔ.zi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈtɔ.zi/ [maʊ̯ˈtɔ.zi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈtɔ.ze/ [maʊ̯ˈtɔ.ze]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /malˈtɔ.zɨ/ [maɫˈtɔ.zɨ]

• Rhymes: -ɔzi, -ɔzɨ
• Hyphenation: mal‧to‧se

Noun

maltose f (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) maltose (a disaccharide)

Further reading

• “maltose”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “maltose” in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “maltose”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “maltose”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “maltose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024