kau-slor-tukh

pentose

Pronunciation

kaʊsloɾtux

Sound out kau-slor-tukh letter by letter:

• kkk as in 'skate' (no puff of air)
• auaʊow as in 'how'
• sss as in 'sun'
• lll as in 'love'
• ooo as in 'go'
• rɾlightly tapped r, as in Spanish 'pero'
• ttt as in 'stop' (no puff of air)
• uuoo as in 'food'
• khxharsh h, as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach'

any of a class of monosaccharides having five carbon atoms per molecule and including ribose and several other sugars