umami

English

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umami

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈmɑːmi/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

Noun

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, →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:

     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 […]

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• osmazome

Further reading

• umami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• imaum

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈumɑmi/,
• Rhymes: -umɑmi
• Syllabification^(key): u‧ma‧mi

Noun

umami

1. umami

Declension

Synonyms

• lihaisuus
• ruokaisuus

Further reading

• “umami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• ammui

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

umami

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: uma‧mi

Noun

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

umami

1. tasty, savory.

   Synonyms: gurih, lezat, nikmat

Further reading

• “umami” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

umami

1. Rōmaji transcription of うまみ

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Noun

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

1. umami

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Noun

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

1. umami

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

umami

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

umami (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. umami

Noun

umami n (indeclinable)

1. umami

Further reading

• umami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

umami m (uncountable)

1. umami

Swedish

Noun

umami c

1. umami

Declension

References

• umami in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• umami in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)