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frutose

Portuguese, noun/fɾuˈtɔ.zi/

frutose is spelled F-R-U-T-O-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frutose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fructose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “açúcar monossacarídeo (com fórmula C₆H₁₂O₆), com os seis átomos de carbono dispostos em anel, formado no…”.

What does frutose mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefructose

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. açúcar monossacarídeo (com fórmula C₆H₁₂O₆), com os seis átomos de carbono dispostos em anel, formado no processo de hidrólise da sacarose da qual é isômera, o mais solúvel em água dos açúcares, comumente encontrado em frutas e no néctar (e, por conseguinte, no mel) e ainda em plantas como os cereais

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce frutose?

  • Brazil /fɾuˈtɔ.zi/
  • Portugal /fɾuˈtɔ.zɨ/
  • Brazil /fɾuˈtɔ.zi/ (São Paulo), AFI: /fɽuˈtɔ.zi/ (coloquial)

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to frutose

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is frutose in Portuguese?

frutose appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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