Meanings
nounglucose (countable and uncountable, plural glucoses)
plural glucoses
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
Synonyms: blood sugar, corn sugar, grape sugar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
- Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
- Frenchglucose
- Englishglucose
From French glucose, from Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos, “wine, must”). By surface analysis, gluco- + -ose; note that -ose is derived from the word glucose.
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جلوكوز
- جلوكوزsimple monosaccharide sugar
Bengali গ্লুকোজ
- গ্লুকোজ (glukōj)simple monosaccharide sugar
Catalan glucosa
- glucosasimple monosaccharide sugar
Chinese Cantonese 葡萄糖
- 葡萄糖 (pou⁴ tou⁴ tong⁴)simple monosaccharide sugar
Czech glukóza
- glukózasimple monosaccharide sugar
Danish glukose, druesukker
- glukosesimple monosaccharide sugar
- druesukkersimple monosaccharide sugar
Dutch glucose, druivensuiker
- glucosesimple monosaccharide sugar
- druivensuikersimple monosaccharide sugar
Esperanto glukozo
- glukozosimple monosaccharide sugar
Finnish glukoosi, rypälesokeri
- glukoosisimple monosaccharide sugar
- rypälesokerisimple monosaccharide sugar
French glucose
- glucosesimple monosaccharide sugar
German Glukose, Traubenzucker
- Glukosesimple monosaccharide sugar
- Traubenzuckersimple monosaccharide sugar
Greek γλυκόζη
- γλυκόζη (glykózi)simple monosaccharide sugar
Hawaiian monakō
- monakōsimple monosaccharide sugar
Hebrew גלוקוז
- גלוקוז (glukóz)simple monosaccharide sugar
Hindi ग्लूकोज़, द्राक्षधु
- ग्लूकोज़ (glūkoz)simple monosaccharide sugar
- द्राक्षधु (drākṣadhu)simple monosaccharide sugar
Hungarian glükóz, szőlőcukor
- glükózsimple monosaccharide sugar
- szőlőcukorsimple monosaccharide sugar
Icelandic glúkósi
- glúkósisimple monosaccharide sugar
Indonesian glukosa
- glukosasimple monosaccharide sugar
Irish glúcós
- glúcóssimple monosaccharide sugar
Italian glucosio
- glucosiosimple monosaccharide sugar
Japanese ブドウ糖, 葡萄糖
- ブドウ糖 (budōtō)simple monosaccharide sugar
- 葡萄糖 (budōtō)simple monosaccharide sugar
- グルコース (gurukōsu)simple monosaccharide sugar
Korean 포도당, 글루코스
- 포도당 (pododang)simple monosaccharide sugar
- 글루코스 (geullukoseu)simple monosaccharide sugar
Latvian glikoze
- glikozesimple monosaccharide sugar
Lithuanian gliukozė
- gliukozėsimple monosaccharide sugar
Māori hukatoto
- hukatotosimple monosaccharide sugar
Norwegian glukose, druesukker
- glukosesimple monosaccharide sugar
- druesukkersimple monosaccharide sugar
Persian گلوکوز, قند انگور
- گلوکوز (glukôz)simple monosaccharide sugar
- قند انگور (qand-e angur)simple monosaccharide sugar
Polish glukoza, cukier gronowy
- glukozasimple monosaccharide sugar
- cukier gronowysimple monosaccharide sugar
Portuguese glicose, glucose
- glicosesimple monosaccharide sugar
- glucosesimple monosaccharide sugar
Romanian glucoză
- glucozăsimple monosaccharide sugar
Russian глюко́за
- глюко́за (gljukóza)simple monosaccharide sugar
Slovak glukóza
- glukózasimple monosaccharide sugar
Spanish glucosa
- glucosasimple monosaccharide sugar
Swahili glukosi
- glukosisimple monosaccharide sugar
Swedish glukos, dextros
- glukossimple monosaccharide sugar
- dextrossimple monosaccharide sugar
- druvsockersimple monosaccharide sugar
- blodsockersimple monosaccharide sugar
Tagalog glukosa
- glukosasimple monosaccharide sugar
Thai กลูโคส
- กลูโคส (gluu-kóot)simple monosaccharide sugar
Turkish glikoz, üzüm şekeri
- glikozsimple monosaccharide sugar
- üzüm şekerisimple monosaccharide sugar
Ukrainian глюко́за
- глюко́за (hljukóza)simple monosaccharide sugar
Vietnamese glucozơ, glu-cô
- glucozơsimple monosaccharide sugar
- glu-côsimple monosaccharide sugar
Welsh glwcos, siwgwr grawn
- glwcossimple monosaccharide sugar
- siwgwr grawnsimple monosaccharide sugar
Cite this entry
APA
glucose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glucose
MLA
“glucose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glucose. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glucose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glucose.
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