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xilitol

Portuguese, noun/ʃi.liˈtɔw/

xilitol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “xylitol (a pentahydric alcohol derived from xylose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does xilitol mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinexylitol (a pentahydric alcohol derived from xylose)

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

How do you pronounce xilitol?

  • Brazil /ʃi.liˈtɔw/
  • Brazil [ʃi.liˈtɔʊ̯]
  • Portugal /ʃi.liˈtɔl/

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

English words that translate to xilitol

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

How common is xilitol in Portuguese?

xilitol appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.

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