cornflour

English

Etymology

• corn +‎ flour

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːn.flaʊə/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: cornflower

Noun

cornflour (usually uncountable, plural cornflours)

2. (British) A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.

   Synonyms: cornstarch (US), maizeflour (uncommon), maizestarch (rare)

4. A flour for baking and cooking that is ground from corn (maize).

   Synonym: maizeflour (uncommon)

   Coordinate terms: (sometimes synonymous) cornmeal, maizemeal

Derived terms

• cornfloured
• cornfloury

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)

• Estonian: maisitärklis
• Finnish: maissitärkkelys
• French: maïzena (fr) f
• Galician: maicena (gl) f
• Greek: άνθος αραβοσίτου n (ánthos aravosítou)
• Hebrew: קוֹרְנְפְלוֹר (he) m (kórnflor)
• Malay: tepung jagung (ms)
• Maori: parāoa kānga
• Polish: maizena (pl) f, skrobia kukurydziana (pl) f
• 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)

• Estonian: maisijahu
• Hungarian: kukoricaliszt (hu)
• Polish: mąka kukurydziana (pl) f