maltose
Portuguese, noun/mawˈtɔ.zi/
maltose is spelled M-A-L-T-O-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maltose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “maltose (a disaccharide)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “açúcar branco, cristalino, solúvel em água, de fórmula química C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁·H₂O, formado pela ação de diástase…”.
What does maltose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaltose (a disaccharide)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. açúcar branco, cristalino, solúvel em água, de fórmula química C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁·H₂O, formado pela ação de diástase (especialmente do malte) no amido e que é usado principalmente como adoçante
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 maltose?
- Brazil /mawˈtɔ.zi/
- Brazil [maʊ̯ˈtɔ.zi]
- Portugal /malˈtɔ.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maltose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maltose in Portuguese?
maltose appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).