lactose
English
/ˈlæk.təʊs/, /ˈlæk.toʊs/
noun
Definitions
- (carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
Etymology
Borrowed from French lactose suffix from English lac (milk).
Origin
English
lac
Gloss
milk
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
乳
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allolactose English
- lac English
- laciferous English
- lactard English
- lactosuria English
- lacwork English
- prolactin English
- seedlac English
- shellac English
- sticklac English
- lac Latin
- Laktose German
- lactose Dutch, Flemish
- der French
- lactose French
- laca Portuguese
- lactose Portuguese
- ラクトース Japanese
- selak Cebuano
- לקטוז Hebrew (modern)
- لاكتوز Hijazi Arabic