carbohydrate

Senso (Inglese)

1. A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
2. (broadly, colloquial, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.

Concetti

carboidrato

glucide

saccaride

glicide

glicoside

sinonimi

saccharide

starch

sugar

carb

carbo

hydrocarbon

glycoside

Traduzioni

Kohlenhydrat

carbohidrato

glucide

hidrato de carbono

hydrate de carbone

υδατάνθρακας

carboidrato

koolhydraat

Kohlehydrat

carbohidrat

azúcar

karbonhidrat

sucre

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From their general formula Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.