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
• ajinomoto

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)

  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: 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), 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)