pentose

English

Alternative forms

pentaose

Etymology

From penta (“five”) +‎ -ose (“sugar”).

Noun

pentose (plural pentoses)

(biochemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
Hypernym: monosaccharide

Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.

Hyponyms

ketopentose

aldopentose

deoxyribose

Derived terms

pentose phosphate pathway

Related terms

agaropentaose

Translations

saccharide containing five carbon atoms

Catalan: pentosa f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 戊醣 / 戊糖 (mou⁶ tong⁴), 五碳醣 / 五碳糖 (ng⁵ taan³ tong⁴)

Mandarin: 戊糖 (zh) (wùtáng), 五碳糖 (zh) (wǔtàntáng)
Esperanto: pentozo
Finnish: pentoosi
Hindi: पंचधु ? (pañcdhu)
Hungarian: pentóz
Italian: pentoso m, pentosio m
Japanese: ペントース (pentōsu)
Korean: 오탄당(五炭糖) (otandang), 펜토스 (pentoseu)
Portuguese: pentose f
Spanish: pentosa f
Swedish: pentos (sv) ?
Turkish: pentoz (tr)

Anagrams

Speeton, open set, openest, pontees, posteen, poteens

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛ̃.toz/

Noun

pentose m (plural pentoses)

pentose

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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)

(biochemistry) pentose

Further reading

“pentose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025