monosodium glutamate

English

Etymology

From sodium + glutamic acid.

Noun

monosodium glutamate (uncountable)

(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

Hypernyms

sodium glutamate

Derived terms

monosodium glutamate symptom complex

Related terms

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)

Hokkien: 味素 (zh-min-nan) (bī-sò͘) (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)
Czech: glutaman sodný m
Dutch: ve-tsin (nl) n, mononatriumglutamaat (nl) n
Finnish: natriumglutamaatti
French: glutamate monosodique (fr) m, glutamate de sodium m
German: Mononatriumglutamat n
Hungarian: mononátrium-glutamát, nátrium-glutamát
Indonesian: micin, vetsin, natrium 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), ប៊ីចេង (biiceeng)
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: betsin (tl)
Tamil: அஜினோமோட்டோ (ta) (ajiṉōmōṭṭō)
Thai: สารชูรส (săan choo rót), โมโนโซเดียมกลูตาเมต (mohnoh sohdiam gloodtaamâyt), ผงชูรส (th) (pŏng choo rót)
Uyghur: ۋېيجىڭ (wëyjing)
Vietnamese: bột ngọt, mì chính (vi), mononatri glutamat, vị tinh (vi)

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