vetsin
English
Etymology
From a genericized trademark of Tien Chun Ve-Tsin food company, itself from Chinese 味精.
Noun
vetsin (uncountable)
- (Philippines) MSG; monosodium glutamate
Cebuano
Etymology
From an English genericized trademark of Tien Chun Ve-Tsin food company, itself from Chinese 味精.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: vet‧sin
Noun
vetsin
- Alternative spelling of bitsin
Indonesian
Etymology
From an English genericized trademark of Tien Chun Ve-Tsin food company, derivied from non-standard romanization of Mandarin 味精 (wèijīng, “monosodium glutamate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛt.ʃin/
- IPA(key): /vɛ.tsin/
- Hyphenation: vet‧sin
Noun
vetsin (first-person possessive vetsinku, second-person possessive vetsinmu, third-person possessive vetsinnya)
- MSG, monosodium glutamate
Alternative forms
- mecin
- micin
- pecin
Further reading
- “vetsin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.