"saccharin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsækəɹɪn/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-saccharine.ogg [Australia] Forms: saccharins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} saccharin (countable and uncountable, plural saccharins)
  1. (chemistry) A white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products. Wikipedia link: saccharin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: E954 when used as a sweetener Derived forms: saccharinic Related terms: saccharine Translations (white crystalline powder): sakarina (Basque), захарин (zaharin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sacarina [feminine] (Catalan), 糖精 (english: tong⁴ zing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 糖精 (tángjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), sakariini (Finnish), saccharine [feminine] (French), Saccharin [neuter] (German), ζαχαρίνη (zacharíni) [feminine] (Greek), σακχαρίνη (sakcharíni) [feminine] (Greek), saccarina [feminine] (Italian), サッカリン (sakkarin) (Japanese), 甘精 (kansei) (alt: かんせい) (Japanese), 사카린 (sakarin) (Korean), sakkarin [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sakkarin [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ساخارین (sâxârin) (Persian), ساکارین (sâkârin) (Persian), sacharyna [feminine] (Polish), sacarina [feminine] (Portuguese), сахари́н (saxarín) [masculine] (Russian), sacarina [feminine] (Spanish), sakarina (Tagalog), ขัณฑสกร (kǎn-tót-sà-gɔɔn) (Thai), ดีน้ำตาล (dii-nám-dtaan) (Thai), แซกคารีน (sɛ̂k-kaa-riin) (Thai), sakarin (Turkish)

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