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Sucre


Su′cre

,
Noun.
A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents (ca. 1900).
☞ Sucrose proper is a dextrorotatory carbohydrate,
C12H22O11
. It does not reduce Fehling’s solution, and though not directly fermentable, yet on standing with yeast it is changed by the diastase present to invert sugar (dextrose and levulose), which then breaks down to alcohol and carbon dioxide. It is also decomposed to invert sugar by heating with acids, whence it is also called a
disaccharate
. Sucrose possesses at once the properties of an alcohol and a ketone, and also forms compounds (called sucrates) analogous to salts. Cf.
Sugar
.

Definition 2024


Sucre

Sucre

See also: sucre and sucré

English

Proper noun

Sucre

  1. The constitutional capital of Bolivia.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Sucre ?

  1. Sucre

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sucre

sucre

See also: Sucre and sucré

English

Noun

sucre (plural sucres)

  1. The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, ground or candied sugar); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈsukɾə/
  • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈsukɾe/

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

  1. sugar

French

Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, ground or candied sugar); see sugar for more details.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sykʁ/

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

  1. sugar

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Old French

Noun

sucre m (nominative singular sucres)

  1. Alternative form of çucre

Spanish

Etymology

From the name of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

Noun

sucre m (plural sucres)

  1. sucre (former currency of Ecuador)