saccharin

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsækəɹɪn/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Homophone: saccharine

Noun

saccharin (countable and uncountable, plural saccharins)

1. (chemistry) A white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.
   • 2023 May 15, April Rubin, “World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Some examples of the sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and stevia. The W.H.O.’s announcement contradicts previous studies that have said these sweeteners don’t offer any health benefits but also do not cause harm.

Synonyms

• E954 when used as a sweetener

Derived terms

• saccharinic

Related terms

• saccharine

Translations

white crystalline powder

• Basque: sakarina
• Bulgarian: захарин m (zaharin)
• Catalan: sacarina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 糖精 (tong⁴ zing¹)

  Mandarin: 糖精 (zh) (tángjīng)

• Finnish: sakariini (fi)
• French: saccharine (fr) f
• German: Saccharin n
• Greek: ζαχαρίνη (el) f (zacharíni), σακχαρίνη (el) f (sakcharíni)
• Italian: saccarina (it) f
• Japanese: サッカリン (ja) (sakkarin), 甘精 (ja) (かんせい, kansei)
• Korean: 사카린 (ko) (sakarin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sakkarin m or n

  Nynorsk: sakkarin m or n

• Persian: ساخارین (fa) (sâxârin), ساکارین (sâkârin)
• Polish: sacharyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: sacarina (pt) f
• Russian: сахари́н (ru) m (saxarín)
• Spanish: sacarina (es) f
• Tagalog: sakarina
• Thai: ขัณฑสกร (th) (kǎn-tót-sà-gɔɔn), ดีน้ำตาล (dii-nám-dtaan), แซกคารีน (sɛ̂k-kaa-riin)
• Turkish: sakarin (tr)

Anagrams

• characins