carrageenan

English

Alternative forms

• carrageenin

Etymology

From carrageen +‎ -an, an alternative form of -in.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɛɹəˈɡinən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹəˈɡiːnən/

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• Hyphenation: car‧ra‧geen‧an

Noun

carrageenan (usually uncountable, plural carrageenans)

1. A food additive made from a purified extract of red seaweed, commonly used as a thickening agent.

Synonyms

• E407 when used as a thickener, stabiliser, gelling agent and emulsifier

Derived terms

• carrageenase
• iota carrageenan
• kappa carrageenan

 

Translations

Food additive made from extract of red seaweed

• Catalan: carragahen m, carraguenina f
• Estonian: karragenaan
• Finnish: karrageeni (fi)
• French: carraghénane (fr) m or f
• German: Carrageen (de) n
• Korean: 카라기난 (karaginan), 카라기난 (karaginan)
• Polish: karagen (pl) m
• Spanish: carragenina f
• Ukrainian: каррагінан (karrahinan)