flavoring

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noun

Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.

“This soda has an aftertaste because of the artificial flavoring.”

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

nounflavoring (countable and uncountable, plural flavorings)

plural flavorings · alternative flavouring

  1. UScountableuncountableSomething that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.

    This soda has an aftertaste because of the artificial flavoring.

verb

alternative flavouring

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of flavor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomething added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مُنَكِّه
  • مُنَكِّه (munakkih)something that gives flavor
Bulgarian ароматиза́нт, ароматиза́тор
  • ароматиза́нт (aromatizánt)something that gives flavor
  • ароматиза́тор (aromatizátor)something that gives flavor
Catalan saboritzant, aromatitzant
  • saboritzantsomething that gives flavor
  • aromatitzantsomething that gives flavor
Chinese Mandarin 調料 /调料, 調味品 /调味品
  • 調料 /调料 (tiáoliào)something that gives flavor
  • 調味品 /调味品 (tiáowèipǐn)something that gives flavor
Finnish makuaine, mauste
  • makuainesomething that gives flavor
  • maustesomething that gives flavor
French arôme
  • arômesomething that gives flavor
German Geschmacksstoff
  • Geschmacksstoffsomething that gives flavor
Hungarian ízesítő
  • ízesítősomething that gives flavor
Icelandic bragðefni
  • bragðefnisomething that gives flavor
Korean 조미료
  • 조미료 (jomiryo)something that gives flavor
Malay perasa
  • perasasomething that gives flavor
Māori waitāwhara, namunamuā
  • waitāwharasomething that gives flavor
  • namunamuāsomething that gives flavor
Polish przyprawa
  • przyprawasomething that gives flavor
Portuguese flavorizante
  • flavorizantesomething that gives flavor
Russian припра́ва
  • припра́ва (pripráva)something that gives flavor
Spanish saborizante
  • saborizantesomething that gives flavor
Welsh cyflasyn
  • cyflasynsomething that gives flavor
Cite this entry
APA

flavoring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavoring

MLA

“flavoring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavoring. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flavoring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flavoring.

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