ribose
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈbɔ.zi/
ribose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ribose (a naturally occurring pentose sugar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ribose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineribose (a naturally occurring pentose sugar)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of ribose
- riboses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ribose?
- Brazil /ʁiˈbɔ.zi/
- Brazil [hiˈbɔ.zi]
- /ʁiˈbɔ.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ribose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ribose in Portuguese?
ribose appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).