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English

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Etymology

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From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami), from 旨い (umai, delicious), which describes the quality of a pleasant, savory taste.

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Noun

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umami (uncountable)

  1. One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
    Synonyms: savoriness, deliciousness, meatiness, brothiness
    Coordinate terms: bitterness, saltiness, sourness, sweetness
    • 2000 January 28, Oliver Burkeman, “Things that make you go yum”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      Umami is the mysterious “fifth taste”—a flavour that has never seemed to fit into the existing categories of sweet, sour, salty and bitter. South-east Asian chefs have exploited it throughout history—it's an essential part of the taste of seaweed, among other things []
    • 2011, Caitlin Moran, How to be a Woman:
      But we are, of course, sweaty, fleshy lady-animals – all fur and umami.
    • 2018 May 16, Adam Rogers, “The Fundamental Nihilism of Yanny vs. Laurel”, in Wired[2]:
      A few types of molecules get sensed by receptors on the tongue. Protons coming off of acids ping receptors for "sour." Sugars get received as "sweet." Bitter, salty, and the proteinaceous flavor umami all set off their own neural cascades.
    • 2019, Raquel Pelzel, Umami Bomb: 75 Vegetarian Recipes That Explode with Flavor, Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 2:
      I quickly realized that I have always been obsessed with umami; I just didn't know it. It's why a sprinkle of Parm on just about anything heightens that dish's flavor; it's why grilled smoky mushrooms taste so good. Umami is a deeply satisfying taste, and luckily for us, umami is everywhere—it's in tomatoes and soy sauce, fresh and dried mushrooms, aged cheese, nutritional yeast []

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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umami

  1. umami

Declension

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Inflection of umami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative umami umamit
genitive umamin umamien
partitive umamia umameja
illative umamiin umameihin
singular plural
nominative umami umamit
accusative nom. umami umamit
gen. umamin
genitive umamin umamien
partitive umamia umameja
inessive umamissa umameissa
elative umamista umameista
illative umamiin umameihin
adessive umamilla umameilla
ablative umamilta umameilta
allative umamille umameille
essive umamina umameina
translative umamiksi umameiksi
abessive umamitta umameitta
instructive umamein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of umami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative umamini umamini
accusative nom. umamini umamini
gen. umamini
genitive umamini umamieni
partitive umamiani umamejani
inessive umamissani umameissani
elative umamistani umameistani
illative umamiini umameihini
adessive umamillani umameillani
ablative umamiltani umameiltani
allative umamilleni umameilleni
essive umaminani umameinani
translative umamikseni umameikseni
abessive umamittani umameittani
instructive
comitative umameineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative umamisi umamisi
accusative nom. umamisi umamisi
gen. umamisi
genitive umamisi umamiesi
partitive umamiasi umamejasi
inessive umamissasi umameissasi
elative umamistasi umameistasi
illative umamiisi umameihisi
adessive umamillasi umameillasi
ablative umamiltasi umameiltasi
allative umamillesi umameillesi
essive umaminasi umameinasi
translative umamiksesi umameiksesi
abessive umamittasi umameittasi
instructive
comitative umameinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative umamimme umamimme
accusative nom. umamimme umamimme
gen. umamimme
genitive umamimme umamiemme
partitive umamiamme umamejamme
inessive umamissamme umameissamme
elative umamistamme umameistamme
illative umamiimme umameihimme
adessive umamillamme umameillamme
ablative umamiltamme umameiltamme
allative umamillemme umameillemme
essive umaminamme umameinamme
translative umamiksemme umameiksemme
abessive umamittamme umameittamme
instructive
comitative umameinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative umaminne umaminne
accusative nom. umaminne umaminne
gen. umaminne
genitive umaminne umamienne
partitive umamianne umamejanne
inessive umamissanne umameissanne
elative umamistanne umameistanne
illative umamiinne umameihinne
adessive umamillanne umameillanne
ablative umamiltanne umameiltanne
allative umamillenne umameillenne
essive umaminanne umameinanne
translative umamiksenne umameiksenne
abessive umamittanne umameittanne
instructive
comitative umameinenne

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Japanese 旨味(うまみ) (umami), from 旨い (umai, delicious), which describes the quality of a pleasant, savory taste.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈumami]
  • Hyphenation: uma‧mi

Noun

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umami (first-person possessive umamiku, second-person possessive umamimu, third-person possessive umaminya)

  1. (cooking) umami: one of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.

Adjective

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umami

  1. tasty, savory.
    Synonyms: gurih, lezat, nikmat

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Japanese

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Romanization

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umami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うまみ

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Noun

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umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

  1. umami

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Noun

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umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

  1. umami

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 旨味.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈma.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Syllabification: u‧ma‧mi

Noun

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umami n (indeclinable)

  1. umami (one of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses, and meats)

Adjective

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umami (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

  1. with a umami taste

Further reading

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  • umami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Japanese (うま)() (umami), from 旨い (umai, delicious).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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umami (invariable)

  1. umami

Noun

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umami m (uncountable)

  1. umami

See also

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Basic tastes in Portuguese · sabores (layout · text)
doce azedo salgado amargo picante umami

Further reading

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Spanish

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Noun

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umami m (uncountable)

  1. umami

Swedish

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Noun

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umami c

  1. umami

Declension

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Declension of umami
nominative genitive
singular indefinite umami umamis
definite umamin umamins
plural indefinite
definite

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