cornflour

English

Etymology

corn +‎ flour

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːn.flaʊə/
Homophone: cornflower

Noun

cornflour (usually uncountable, plural cornflours)

(British) A very fine starch powder derived from maize (US corn) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
Synonym: (US) cornstarch
A flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn).
Coordinate terms: (sometimes synonymous) cornmeal, maizemeal

Translations

very fine starch powder derived from maize — see also cornstarch

Basque: artirin
Chechen: ахьар (aḥʳar)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 粟粉 (suk¹ fan²)

Mandarin: 玉米澱粉／玉米淀粉 (zh) (yùmǐ diànfěn)
Finnish: maissitärkkelys
Galician: maicena (gl) f
Greek: άνθος αραβοσίτου n (ánthos aravosítou)
Hebrew: קוֹרְנְפְלוֹר (he) m (kórnflor)
Malay: tepung jagung (ms)
Maori: parāoa kānga
Spanish: maicena (es) f, harina de maíz f, fécula (es) f, almidón (es) f
Swedish: majsstärkelse c
Turkish: mısır unu (tr)

a flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)

Hungarian: kukoricaliszt (hu)

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