azasugar

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noun

A nitrogen derivative of a sugar in which a piperidine structure replaces a tetrahydropyran structure.

OriginEnglish sugar ← Middle English sugre ← Old French çucre →
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Meanings

nounazasugar (plural azasugars)

plural azasugars

  1. chemistryA nitrogen derivative of a sugar in which a piperidine structure replaces a tetrahydropyran structure.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  9. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  10. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  11. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  12. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  13. Frenchazote
  14. Englishazote
  15. Englishaza-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  17. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  18. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  19. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  20. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  21. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  22. Old Italianzucchero
  23. Old Frenchçucre
  24. Middle Englishsugre
  25. Englishsugar
  26. Englishazasugar

From aza- + sugar.

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APA

azasugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azasugar

MLA

“azasugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azasugar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “azasugar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/azasugar.

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