Meanings
nounribose (plural riboses)
plural riboses
- biochemistryA naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
Origin
- Englisharabinose
- GermanRibose
- Englishribose
From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of English arabinose.
More words from German, English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan ribosa
- ribosanaturally occurring pentose sugar
Chinese Cantonese 核糖
- 核糖 (hat⁶ tong⁴)naturally occurring pentose sugar
Chinese Mandarin 核糖
- 核糖 (hétáng)naturally occurring pentose sugar
Esperanto ribozo
- ribozonaturally occurring pentose sugar
French ribose
- ribosenaturally occurring pentose sugar
German Ribose
- Ribosenaturally occurring pentose sugar
Hungarian ribóz
- ribóznaturally occurring pentose sugar
Italian ribosio
- ribosionaturally occurring pentose sugar
Japanese リボース
- リボース (ribōsu)naturally occurring pentose sugar
Polish ryboza
- rybozanaturally occurring pentose sugar
Portuguese ribose
- ribosenaturally occurring pentose sugar
Russian рибо́за
- рибо́за (ribóza)naturally occurring pentose sugar
Spanish ribosa
- ribosanaturally occurring pentose sugar
Swedish ribos
- ribosnaturally occurring pentose sugar
Thai ไรโบส
- ไรโบสnaturally occurring pentose sugar
Turkish riboz
- riboznaturally occurring pentose sugar
Cite this entry
APA
ribose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribose
MLA
“ribose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribose. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ribose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribose.
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