pentose
French, noun/pɛ̃.toz/
pentose is spelled P-E-N-T-O-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentose is a French masculine noun meaning “pentose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Famille de produits organiques à cinq carbones, appartenant au groupe des oses, ou sucres, de formule…”.
What does pentose mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepentose
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Famille de produits organiques à cinq carbones, appartenant au groupe des oses, ou sucres, de formule générale C₅H₁₀O₅, et à laquelle appartiennent le ribose et le désoxyribose, constituants principaux des chaînes d’acides nucléiques.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pentose
- pentoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pentose?
- /pɛ̃.toz/
- \pɛ̃.toz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pentose in French?
pentose appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).