monosodium glutamate

monosodium glutamate

English

Etymology

From sodium + glutamic acid

Noun

monosodium glutamate (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) The mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid; present in soy sauce; used as a condiment in Chinese and Japanese cooking, and as a food additive to enhance flavor and add the umami taste. Abbreviations: MSG, E621.

Synonyms

• E621 (when used as a flavour enhancer)
• sodium glutamate

Hypernyms

• sodium glutamate

Derived terms

• monosodium glutamate symptom complex

Related terms

• sodium glutamate
• disodium glutamate
• glutamic acid
• glutamate
• sodium
• mono-
• -ate

Translations

mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Burmese: အချိုမှုန့် (my) (a.hkyuihmun.) Catalan: glutamat de monosodi m Chinese: Cantonese: 味精 (mei6 zing1) (common name), 穀氨酸鈉, 谷氨酸钠 (guk1 on1 syun1 naap6) Hakka: 味素 (mi-su) (common name) Mandarin: 味精 (zh) (wèijīng) (common name), 穀氨酸鈉, 谷氨酸钠 (gǔ'ānsuānnà), 麩胺酸鈉, 麸胺酸钠 (fū'ānsuānnà) (Taiwan) Min Nan: 味素 (zh-min-nan) (bī-sò͘) (common name) Czech: glutaman sodný m Finnish: natriumglutamaatti French: glutamate monosodique (fr) m, glutamate de sodium m German: Mononatriumglutamat n Hungarian: mononátrium-glutamát, nátrium-glutamát Indonesian: natrium glutamat, mononatrium glutamat

Italian: glutammato monosodico Japanese: グルタミン酸ナトリウム (gurutaminsan-natoriumu), 味の素 (あじのもと, ajinomoto) Khmer: ម្សៅស៊ុប (msav sup) Korean: 미원 (ko) (miwon) Lao: ແປ້ງນົວ (pǣng nūa) Polish: glutaminian sodu (pl) m Portuguese: glutamato monossódico m, glutamato de sódio m Russian: глутама́т на́трия (ru) m (glutamát nátrija) Spanish: glutamato monosódico m Swedish: natriumglutamat n Tagalog: bitsin Thai: สารชูรส (săan choo rót), โมโนโซเดียมกลูตาเมต (mohnoh sohdiam gloodtaamâyt), ผงชูรส (th) (pŏng choo rót) Uyghur: ۋېيجىڭ‎ (wëyjing) Vietnamese: bột ngọt, mì chính (vi)