"glucose" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡluːkəʊz/ [UK], /ˈɡlukoʊs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glucose.wav [Southern-England] Forms: glucoses [plural]
Etymology: Through French, from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “wine, must”); note: -ose comes from glucose, not the other way round. In other words, the view of the word glucose as gluco- + -ose is a reanalysis rather than a historical etymology. This is unusual for being a reanalysis that works completely, that is, without any leftover nonsense syllables (such as the ham- in reanalyzed hamburger). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|-}} French, {{uder|en|grc|γλεῦκος||wine, must}} Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “wine, must”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} glucose (countable and uncountable, plural glucoses)
  1. (biochemistry) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism. Wikipedia link: Natta projection, glucose Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Carbohydrates, Sugars Synonyms: grape sugar, blood sugar, corn sugar Hypernyms: aldohexose, hexose, monosaccharide Hyponyms: dextrose, D-glucose, L-glucose, dextroglucose, glucopyranose, glucofuranose Related terms: licorice, glycose, levoglucose Translations (simple monosaccharide sugar): غْلُوكُوز (ḡlūkūz) [masculine] (Arabic), গ্লুকোজ (glukōj) (Bengali), glucosa [feminine] (Catalan), 葡萄糖 (phû-tô-thn̂g, phô-tô-thn̂g, phôe-tô-thn̂g, pû-tô-thn̂g) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 葡萄糖 (pou⁴ tou⁴ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), glukóza [feminine] (Czech), glukose (Danish), druesukker (Danish), glucose [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), druivensuiker [masculine] (Dutch), glukozo (Esperanto), drúvusukur [neuter] (Faroese), glukoosi (Finnish), rypälesokeri (Finnish), glucose [masculine] (French), გლუკოზა (gluḳoza) (Georgian), Glukose [feminine] (German), Traubenzucker [masculine] (German), γλυκόζη (glykózi) [feminine] (Greek), monakō (Hawaiian), גלוקוז (glukóz) [masculine] (Hebrew), ग्लूकोज़ (glūkoz) (Hindi), द्राक्षधु (drākṣadhu) (Hindi), glükóz (Hungarian), szőlőcukor (Hungarian), glúkósi [masculine] (Icelandic), glikoso (Ido), glúcós [masculine] (Irish), glucosio [masculine] (Italian), ブドウ糖 (budōtō) (alt: ぶどうとう) (Japanese), 葡萄糖 (budōtō) (alt: ぶどうとう) (Japanese), グルコース (gurukōsu) (Japanese), គ្លុយកូស (kluykouh) (Khmer), មធុរជាតិ (mĕəʼthurĕəʼciət) [rare] (Khmer), 포도당 (pododang) (alt: 葡萄糖) (Korean), 글루코스 (geullukoseu) (Korean), glikoze [feminine] (Latvian), gliukozė [feminine] (Lithuanian), glukows [masculine] (Maltese), hukatoto (Maori), глюкоз (gljukoz) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), усан үзмийн чихэр (usan üzmiin čixer) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), үзмийн чихэр (üzmiin čixer) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), chʼiyáán náálkąąd bee jiinánígíí (Navajo), glukose (Norwegian), druesukker (Norwegian), گلوکوز (glukôz) (Persian), glukoza [feminine] (Polish), glicose (Portuguese), glucoză [feminine] (Romanian), глюко́за (gljukóza) [feminine] (Russian), glukóza (Slovak), glukoza (Slovene), grozdni sladkor [masculine] (Slovene), glucosa [feminine] (Spanish), glukosi (Swahili), glukos (Swedish), dextros (Swedish), druvsocker (Swedish), blodsocker (Swedish), glukosa (Tagalog), กลูโคส (gluu-kóot) (Thai), glikoz (Turkish), üzüm şekeri (Turkish), глюко́за (hljukóza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), glucozơ (Vietnamese), glu-cô (Vietnamese), glwcos [masculine] (Welsh), siwgwr grawn [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "glykózi",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
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          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "glukóz",
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          "code": "hi",
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "glikoso"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "glúcós"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "glucosio"
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        {
          "alt": "ぶどうとう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "budōtō",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "ブドウ糖"
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          "alt": "ぶどうとう",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gurukōsu",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "グルコース"
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        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kluykouh",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "គ្លុយកូស"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mĕəʼthurĕəʼciət",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "មធុរជាតិ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "葡萄糖",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pododang",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "포도당"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geullukoseu",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "글루코스"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "glikoze"
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        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "gliukozė"
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        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "glukows"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "hukatoto"
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        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "gljukoz",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "глюкоз"
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        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "usan üzmiin čixer",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "усан үзмийн чихэр"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "üzmiin čixer",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "үзмийн чихэр"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "chʼiyáán náálkąąd bee jiinánígíí"
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          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "glukôz",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "گلوکوز"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "glukoza"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "glicose"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "glucoză"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gljukóza",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "druvsocker"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "blodsocker"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "glukosa"
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        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gluu-kóot",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "กลูโคส"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "glikoz"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "üzüm şekeri"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hljukóza",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "глюко́за"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "glucozơ"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "word": "glu-cô"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "glwcos"
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        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
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        "Natta projection",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡluːkəʊz/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡlukoʊs/",
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "carboxymethyl glucose"
    },
    {
      "word": "glucose 6-phosphate"
    },
    {
      "word": "glucose-6-phosphate isomerase"
    },
    {
      "word": "glucose-fructose"
    },
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      "word": "glucose-fructose syrup"
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    {
      "word": "glucose syrup"
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      "word": "glucoside"
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      "word": "glucosiduronate"
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      "word": "dextrose"
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      "word": "L-glucose"
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from French",
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        "English uncountable nouns",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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      "word": "grape sugar"
    },
    {
      "word": "blood sugar"
    },
    {
      "word": "corn sugar"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡlūkūz",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غْلُوكُوز"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "glukōj",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "গ্লুকোজ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glucosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "pou⁴ tou⁴ tong⁴",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "葡萄糖"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "phû-tô-thn̂g, phô-tô-thn̂g, phôe-tô-thn̂g, pû-tô-thn̂g",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "葡萄糖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "葡萄糖 (pútáotáng, literally “grape sugar/grape carbohydrate”)",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glukóza"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glukose"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "druesukker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glucose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "druivensuiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glukozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "drúvusukur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glukoosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "rypälesokeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glucose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gluḳoza",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "გლუკოზა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Glukose"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Traubenzucker"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "glykózi",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γλυκόζη"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "monakō"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "glukóz",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גלוקוז"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "glūkoz",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "ग्लूकोज़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "drākṣadhu",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "द्राक्षधु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glükóz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "szőlőcukor"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glúkósi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glikoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glúcós"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glucosio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶどうとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "budōtō",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "ブドウ糖"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶどうとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "budōtō",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "葡萄糖"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gurukōsu",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "グルコース"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kluykouh",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "គ្លុយកូស"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mĕəʼthurĕəʼciət",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "មធុរជាតិ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "葡萄糖",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pododang",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "포도당"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geullukoseu",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "글루코스"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glikoze"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gliukozė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glukows"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "hukatoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "gljukoz",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "глюкоз"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "usan üzmiin čixer",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "усан үзмийн чихэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "üzmiin čixer",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "China",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "үзмийн чихэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "chʼiyáán náálkąąd bee jiinánígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glukose"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "druesukker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "glukôz",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "گلوکوز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glukoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glicose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glucoză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gljukóza",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глюко́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glukóza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glukoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grozdni sladkor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glucosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glukosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glukos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "dextros"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "druvsocker"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "blodsocker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glukosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gluu-kóot",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "กลูโคส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glikoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "üzüm şekeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hljukóza",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "глюко́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glucozơ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "word": "glu-cô"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glwcos"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "simple monosaccharide sugar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siwgwr grawn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "glucose"
}

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