sorbitol

From earlier sorbite (from sorb + -ite) + -ol. By surface analysis, sorb +‎ -itol.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔː.bɪ.tɒl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɹ.bɪˌtɔl/

sorbitol (countable and uncountable, plural sorbitols)

1. (biochemistry) A faintly sweet alcohol C₆H₁₄O₆ that occurs in some fruits, is made synthetically, and is used especially as a humectant and softener and in making ascorbic acid.

• E420 (as a sweetener)

• sugar alcohol

• “sorbitol”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “sorbitol”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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sorbitol m (plural sorbitols)

1. (organic chemistry) sorbitol

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

sorbitol m (definite singular sorbitolen, uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) sorbitol

• Prior to a 2019 revision, this noun was considered grammatically neuter.^[1] With the change, the form sorbitolet was made obsolete.

• “sorbitol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

sorbitol m (definite singular sorbitolen, uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) sorbitol

• Prior to a 2019 revision, this noun was considered grammatically neuter.^[1] With the change, the form sorbitolet was made obsolete.

• “sorbitol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French sorbitol.

sorbitol n (uncountable)

1. sorbitol

• sorbitol in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /soɾbiˈtol/ [soɾ.β̞iˈt̪ol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: sor‧bi‧tol

sorbitol m (plural sorbitoles)

1. (organic chemistry) sorbitol