sorbitol

English

Etymology

From Latin sorbus (“service tree”) +‎ -itol.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: sor‧bi‧tol

Noun

sorbitol (countable and uncountable, plural sorbitols)

(organic chemistry) A sugar alcohol (2R,3S,4S,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol used as an artificial sweetener

Synonyms

E420 when used as a sweetener

Translations

sugar alcohol

Finnish: sorbitoli (fi)
French: sorbitol (fr) m
Galician: sorbitol (gl) m

Japanese: ソルビトール (sorubitōru)
Spanish: sorbitol m

Anagrams

triobols

French

Noun

sorbitol m (plural sorbitols)

(organic chemistry) sorbitol

Further reading

“sorbitol” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Noun

sorbitol m (plural sorbitoles)

(organic chemistry) sorbitol

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