"lactose" meaning in English

See lactose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlæk.təʊs/ [UK], /ˈlæk.təʊz/ [UK], /ˈlæk.toʊs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lactose.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lactoses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French lactose, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (derivation of glucose). Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|lactose}} French lactose, {{suffix|en|lac|ose|lang1=la|t1=milk}} Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose, {{m|en|glucose}} glucose Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lactose (countable and uncountable, plural lactoses)
  1. (biochemistry) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds. Wikipedia link: Marcelin Berthelot, lactose Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Synonyms: lactobiose, milk sugar Derived forms: lactoseamine, lactose-free, lactose intolerance, lactose intolerant, lactose-negative, lactose-positive Related terms: lactase, lactulose Translations (disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products): laktoza (Albanian), لَاكْتُوز (lāktūz) (Arabic), لاكتوز (lāktōz) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), կաթնաշաքար (katʿnašakʿar) (Armenian), լակտոզ (laktoz) (Armenian), laktosa (Basque), лакто́за (laktóza) (Belarusian), лактоза (laktoza) (Bulgarian), lactosa [feminine] (Catalan), 奶糖 (leng-thn̂g, ni-thn̂g, lin-thn̂g) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 乳糖 (jyu⁵ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 乳糖 (rǔtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), laktóza [feminine] (Czech), laktose [common-gender] (Danish), mælkesukker [neuter] (Danish), lactose [feminine] (Dutch), melksuiker [masculine] (Dutch), laktozo (Esperanto), laktosukero (Esperanto), laktoos (Estonian), piimasuhkur (Estonian), mjólkarsukur [neuter] (Faroese), laktoosi (Finnish), maitosokeri (Finnish), lactose [masculine] (French), lactosa [feminine] (Galician), ლაქტოზა (lakṭoza) (Georgian), Laktose [feminine] (German), Lactose (english: alternatively:) (German), Milchzucker [masculine] (German), λακτόζη (laktózi) [feminine] (Greek), לקטוז (laktóz) [masculine] (Hebrew), दुग्धधु (dugdhadhu) (Hindi), laktóz (Hungarian), tejcukor (Hungarian), laktósi [masculine] (Icelandic), mjólkursykur [masculine] (Icelandic), laktoso (Ido), laktosa (Indonesian), lachtós (Irish), lattosio [masculine] (Italian), 乳糖 (nyūtō) (alt: にゅうとう) (Japanese), ラクトース (rakutōsu) (Japanese), ឡាក់តូស (laktouh) (Khmer), 락토스 (raktoseu) (Korean), 유당 (yudang) (alt: 乳糖) (Korean), 젖당 (jeotdang) (Korean), lactosum (Latin), laktoze (Latvian), laktozė (Lithuanian), лактоза (laktoza) (Macedonian), laktôzy (Malagasy), laktosa (Malay), huka waiū (Maori), दुग्धधु (dugdhadhu) (Marathi), лактоз (laktoz) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), суун чихэр (suun čixer) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), दुग्धधु (dugdhadhu) (Nepali), laktose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), melkesukker (Norwegian Bokmål), laktose [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mjølkesukker (Norwegian Nynorsk), lactòsa (Occitan), لاکتوز (lâktoz) (Persian), laktoza [feminine] (Polish), lactose [feminine] (Portuguese), лакто́за (laktóza) [feminine] (Russian), laktoza (Serbo-Croatian), mliječni šećer (Serbo-Croatian), laktóza (Slovak), laktoza (Slovene), mlečni sladkor (Slovene), lactosa [feminine] (Spanish), laktosa (Sundanese), gula susu (Sundanese), laktos (Swedish), mjölksocker (Swedish), laktosa (Tagalog), แล็กโทส (Thai), laktoz (Turkish), süt şekeri (Turkish), laktoza (Uzbek), đường sữa (Vietnamese), lactoza (Vietnamese), lactos [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for lactose meaning in English (14.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "lactose"
      },
      "expansion": "French lactose",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lac",
        "3": "ose",
        "lang1": "la",
        "t1": "milk"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "glucose"
      },
      "expansion": "glucose",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French lactose, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (derivation of glucose). Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lactoses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "lactose (countable and uncountable, plural lactoses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ose",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Carbohydrates",
          "orig": "en:Carbohydrates",
          "parents": [
            "Organic compounds",
            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "lactoseamine"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactose-free"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactose intolerance"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactose intolerant"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactose-negative"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactose-positive"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds."
      ],
      "id": "en-lactose-en-noun-I3hoWx3C",
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "disaccharide",
          "disaccharide"
        ],
        [
          "sugar",
          "sugar"
        ],
        [
          "glucose",
          "glucose"
        ],
        [
          "galactose",
          "galactose"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "medicinal",
          "medicinal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lactase"
        },
        {
          "word": "lactulose"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lactobiose"
        },
        {
          "word": "milk sugar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktoza"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "lāktūz",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "لَاكْتُوز"
        },
        {
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "lāktōz",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "لاكتوز"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "katʿnašakʿar",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "կաթնաշաքար"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "laktoz",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "լակտոզ"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "laktóza",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "лакто́за"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "laktoza",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "лактоза"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lactosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "jyu⁵ tong⁴",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "乳糖"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "leng-thn̂g, ni-thn̂g, lin-thn̂g",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "奶糖"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rǔtáng",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "乳糖"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laktóza"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "laktose"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "mælkesukker"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lactose"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "melksuiker"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktozo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktosukero"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktoos"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "piimasuhkur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "mjólkarsukur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktoosi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "maitosokeri"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lactose"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lactosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lakṭoza",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "ლაქტოზა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Laktose"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "alternatively:",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "Lactose"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Milchzucker"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "laktózi",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "λακτόζη"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "laktóz",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "לקטוז"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dugdhadhu",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "दुग्धधु"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktóz"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "tejcukor"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laktósi"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mjólkursykur"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktoso"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "lachtós"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lattosio"
        },
        {
          "alt": "にゅうとう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nyūtō",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "乳糖"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rakutōsu",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "ラクトース"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "laktouh",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "ឡាក់តូស"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "raktoseu",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "락토스"
        },
        {
          "alt": "乳糖",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yudang",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "유당"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeotdang",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "젖당"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "lactosum"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktoze"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktozė"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "laktoza",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "лактоза"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktôzy"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "huka waiū"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "dugdhadhu",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "दुग्धधु"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "laktoz",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "лактоз"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "suun čixer",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "China",
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "суун чихэр"
        },
        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "dugdhadhu",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "दुग्धधु"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laktose"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "melkesukker"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laktose"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "mjølkesukker"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "lactòsa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lâktoz",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "لاکتوز"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laktoza"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lactose"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "laktóza",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лакто́за"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktoza"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "mliječni šećer"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktóza"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktoza"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "mlečni sladkor"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lactosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "gula susu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktos"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "mjölksocker"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "แล็กโทส"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktoz"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "süt şekeri"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "laktoza"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "đường sữa"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "word": "lactoza"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lactos"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Marcelin Berthelot",
        "lactose"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæk.təʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæk.təʊz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæk.toʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lactose.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lactose"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lactoseamine"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactose-free"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactose intolerance"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactose intolerant"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactose-negative"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactose-positive"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "lactose"
      },
      "expansion": "French lactose",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lac",
        "3": "ose",
        "lang1": "la",
        "t1": "milk"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "glucose"
      },
      "expansion": "glucose",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French lactose, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (derivation of glucose). Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lactoses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "lactose (countable and uncountable, plural lactoses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lactase"
    },
    {
      "word": "lactulose"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from French",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms suffixed with -ose",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Carbohydrates"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "disaccharide",
          "disaccharide"
        ],
        [
          "sugar",
          "sugar"
        ],
        [
          "glucose",
          "glucose"
        ],
        [
          "galactose",
          "galactose"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "medicinal",
          "medicinal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Marcelin Berthelot",
        "lactose"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæk.təʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæk.təʊz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæk.toʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lactose.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lactose2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lactobiose"
    },
    {
      "word": "milk sugar"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lāktūz",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "لَاكْتُوز"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lāktōz",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "لاكتوز"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "katʿnašakʿar",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "կաթնաշաքար"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "laktoz",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "լակտոզ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "laktóza",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "лакто́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "laktoza",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "лактоза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lactosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jyu⁵ tong⁴",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "乳糖"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "leng-thn̂g, ni-thn̂g, lin-thn̂g",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "奶糖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rǔtáng",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "乳糖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laktóza"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "laktose"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mælkesukker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lactose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "melksuiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktosukero"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktoos"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "piimasuhkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mjólkarsukur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktoosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "maitosokeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lactose"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lactosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lakṭoza",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "ლაქტოზა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Laktose"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "alternatively:",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "Lactose"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Milchzucker"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "laktózi",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λακτόζη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "laktóz",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "לקטוז"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dugdhadhu",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "दुग्धधु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktóz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "tejcukor"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laktósi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mjólkursykur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "lachtós"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lattosio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "にゅうとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nyūtō",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "乳糖"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rakutōsu",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "ラクトース"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "laktouh",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "ឡាក់តូស"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "raktoseu",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "락토스"
    },
    {
      "alt": "乳糖",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yudang",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "유당"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeotdang",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "젖당"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "lactosum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktoze"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktozė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "laktoza",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "лактоза"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktôzy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "huka waiū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "dugdhadhu",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "दुग्धधु"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "laktoz",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "лактоз"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "suun čixer",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "China",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "суун чихэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "dugdhadhu",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "दुग्धधु"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laktose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "melkesukker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laktose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "mjølkesukker"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "lactòsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lâktoz",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "لاکتوز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laktoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lactose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "laktóza",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лакто́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "mliječni šećer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktóza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "mlečni sladkor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lactosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "gula susu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "mjölksocker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "แล็กโทส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "süt şekeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "laktoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "đường sữa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "word": "lactoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lactos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lactose"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.