English pronunciation · Words Starting with M
Monosaccharide Pronunciation
Monosaccharide is pronounced mah-nuh-SA-ker-yd, IPA /ˌmɑnəˈsækɝˌaɪd/.
mah-nuh-SA-ker-yd
US /ˌmɑnəˈsækɝˌaɪd/ · UK /ˈmɒnəʊˌsækɑːˌraɪd/
Syllables: mah · nuh · SA · ker · yd (5 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: A simple sugar such as glucose or fructose, the building block of larger sugars.
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Monosaccharide in a Sentence
- Glucose is the monosaccharide the body burns first.
- Table sugar splits into two monosaccharides during digestion.
- The label lists each monosaccharide separately.
Common Mispronunciations of Monosaccharide
Not mah-nuh-SA-chuh-ryd
Those two c letters give a hard k, as they do in saccharin. No ch of chair hides in the word.
Not mah-nuh-sa-ker-EED
The ide ending rhymes with hide, and the loud beat is the third one, SA.
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