Meanings
nounfructose (countable and uncountable, plural fructoses)
plural fructoses
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.
Synonyms: acrose, fruit sugar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆.
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nouna simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewHg-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHgyéti
- Proto-Italic*frūgjōr
- Proto-Italic*frūjōr
- Latinfruor
- Latinfructus
- Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
- Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
- Frenchglucose
- Englishglucosebf.
- Englishfructose
From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + English -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian фруктоза, плодова захар
- фруктоза (fruktoza)monosaccharide ketose sugar
- плодова захар (plodova zahar)monosaccharide ketose sugar
Catalan fructosa
- fructosamonosaccharide ketose sugar
Chinese Cantonese 果糖
- 果糖 (gwo² tong⁴)monosaccharide ketose sugar
Chinese Mandarin 果糖
- 果糖 (guǒtáng)monosaccharide ketose sugar
Czech fruktóza
- fruktózamonosaccharide ketose sugar
Danish fruktose
- fruktosemonosaccharide ketose sugar
Dutch fructose, vruchtensuiker
- fructosemonosaccharide ketose sugar
- vruchtensuikermonosaccharide ketose sugar
Esperanto fruktozo
- fruktozomonosaccharide ketose sugar
Finnish fruktoosi, hedelmäsokeri
- fruktoosimonosaccharide ketose sugar
- hedelmäsokerimonosaccharide ketose sugar
French fructose
- fructosemonosaccharide ketose sugar
German Fruchtzucker, Fructose
- Fruchtzuckermonosaccharide ketose sugar
- Fructosemonosaccharide ketose sugar
- Fruktosemonosaccharide ketose sugar
Greek φρουκτόζη
- φρουκτόζη (frouktózi)monosaccharide ketose sugar
Hawaiian huakō
- huakōmonosaccharide ketose sugar
Hindi फलधु
- फलधु (phaldhu)monosaccharide ketose sugar
Hungarian fruktóz, gyümölcscukor
- fruktózmonosaccharide ketose sugar
- gyümölcscukormonosaccharide ketose sugar
Icelandic frúktósi
- frúktósimonosaccharide ketose sugar
Indonesian fruktosa
- fruktosamonosaccharide ketose sugar
Italian fruttosio
- fruttosiomonosaccharide ketose sugar
Japanese フルクトース, 果糖
- フルクトース (furukutōsu)monosaccharide ketose sugar
- 果糖 (katō)monosaccharide ketose sugar
Korean 과당
- 과당 (gwadang)monosaccharide ketose sugar
Lithuanian fruktozė
- fruktozėmonosaccharide ketose sugar
Māori hukahua, huka huarākau
- hukahuamonosaccharide ketose sugar
- huka huarākaumonosaccharide ketose sugar
Norwegian fruktose, fruktsukker
- fruktosemonosaccharide ketose sugar
- fruktsukkermonosaccharide ketose sugar
Persian فروکتوز
- فروکتوز (fruktôz)monosaccharide ketose sugar
Polish fruktoza
- fruktozamonosaccharide ketose sugar
Portuguese frutose
- frutosemonosaccharide ketose sugar
Romanian fructoză
- fructozămonosaccharide ketose sugar
Russian фрукто́за
- фрукто́за (fruktóza)monosaccharide ketose sugar
Slovak fruktóza
- fruktózamonosaccharide ketose sugar
Spanish fructosa
- fructosamonosaccharide ketose sugar
Swedish fruktos, fruktsocker
- fruktosmonosaccharide ketose sugar
- fruktsockermonosaccharide ketose sugar
Thai ฟรักโทส, ฟรุกโทส
- ฟรักโทสmonosaccharide ketose sugar
- ฟรุกโทสmonosaccharide ketose sugar
Turkish fruktoz, meyve şekeri
- fruktozmonosaccharide ketose sugar
- meyve şekerimonosaccharide ketose sugar
Welsh ffrwctos
- ffrwctosmonosaccharide ketose sugar
Cite this entry
APA
fructose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fructose
MLA
“fructose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fructose. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fructose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fructose.
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