Meanings
nounpentose (plural pentoses)
plural pentoses · alternative pentaose
- biochemistryA sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
Ribose, found in RNA, is a common pentose.
Origin
Internationalism, from penta- (“five”) + -ose.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan pentosa
- pentosasaccharide containing five carbon atoms
Chinese Cantonese 戊醣 /戊糖, 五碳醣 /五碳糖
- 戊醣 /戊糖 (mou⁶ tong⁴)saccharide containing five carbon atoms
- 五碳醣 /五碳糖 (ng⁵ taan³ tong⁴)saccharide containing five carbon atoms
Chinese Mandarin 戊糖, 五碳糖
- 戊糖 (wùtáng)saccharide containing five carbon atoms
- 五碳糖 (wǔtàntáng)saccharide containing five carbon atoms
Esperanto pentozo
- pentozosaccharide containing five carbon atoms
Finnish pentoosi
- pentoosisaccharide containing five carbon atoms
Hindi पंचधु
- पंचधु (pañcdhu)saccharide containing five carbon atoms
Hungarian pentóz
- pentózsaccharide containing five carbon atoms
Italian pentoso, pentosio
- pentososaccharide containing five carbon atoms
- pentosiosaccharide containing five carbon atoms
Japanese ペントース
- ペントース (pentōsu)saccharide containing five carbon atoms
Korean 오탄당, 펜토스
- 오탄당 (otandang)saccharide containing five carbon atoms
- 펜토스 (pentoseu)saccharide containing five carbon atoms
Portuguese pentose
- pentosesaccharide containing five carbon atoms
Spanish pentosa
- pentosasaccharide containing five carbon atoms
Swedish pentos
- pentossaccharide containing five carbon atoms
Turkish pentoz
- pentozsaccharide containing five carbon atoms
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
pentose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentose
MLA
“pentose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentose. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pentose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentose.
Source: pentose on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.