pentose

1. 1.

   any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule

   Broadermonosaccharide

Other forms of pentose

plural

pentoses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pentose

What does pentose mean?

pentose means "any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule".

How many syllables are in pentose?

pentose has 2 syllables and divides as pen-tose under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.