Meanings
- uncountablebiochemistryA nonessential amino acid, α-amino-glutaric acid, occurring widely in animal and plant tissues; the salt, monosodium glutamate is used as a flavour-enhancing seasoning.
Near-synonym: E620 (when used as a flavour enhancer)
Synonyms: mul:E620[flavour enhancer]]>
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA nonessential amino acid, α-amino-glutaric acid, occurring widely in animal and plant tissues; the salt, monosodium glutamate is used as a flavour-enhancing seasoning.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan amino acid occurring in proteins; important in the nitrogen metabolism of plants; used in monosodium glutamate to enhance the flavor of meats
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- GermanGlutaminsäure
- Englishglutamic acid
Calque of German Glutaminsäure.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian глутаминова киселина
- глутаминова киселина (glutaminova kiselina)the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Catalan àcid glutàmic
- àcid glutàmicthe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Chinese Cantonese 穀氨酸 /谷氨酸
- 穀氨酸 /谷氨酸 (guk¹ on¹ syun¹)the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Chinese Mandarin 穀氨酸 /谷氨酸, 麩胺酸 /麸胺酸
- 穀氨酸 /谷氨酸 (gǔ'ānsuān)the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
- 麩胺酸 /麸胺酸 (fū'ānsuān)the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Czech kyselina glutamová
- kyselina glutamováthe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Danish glutaminsyre
- glutaminsyrethe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Finnish glutamiinihappo
- glutamiinihappothe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
French acide glutamique
- acide glutamiquethe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
German Glutaminsäure
- Glutaminsäurethe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Greek γλουταμικό οξύ
- γλουταμικό οξύ (gloutamikó oxý)the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Hungarian glutaminsav
- glutaminsavthe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Japanese グルタミン酸
- グルタミン酸 (gurutamin-san)the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Polish kwas glutaminowy
- kwas glutaminowythe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Portuguese ácido glutâmico
- ácido glutâmicothe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Romanian acid glutamic
- acid glutamicthe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Russian глутами́новая кислота́
- глутами́новая кислота́ (glutamínovaja kislotá)the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Slovak kyselina glutámová
- kyselina glutámováthe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Spanish ácido glutámico
- ácido glutámicothe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Swedish glutaminsyra
- glutaminsyrathe nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)
Cite this entry
glutamic acid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutamic%20acid
“glutamic acid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutamic%20acid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glutamic acid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glutamic%20acid.
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