Meanings
nounmonosodium glutamate (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryThe mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid; present in soy sauce; used as a condiment in Chinese and Japanese cooking, and as a food additive to enhance flavor and add the umami taste. Abbreviations: MSG, E621.
Synonyms: E621, sodium glutamate, ajinomoto
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid; present in soy sauce; used as a condiment in Chinese and Japanese cooking, and as a food additive to enhance flavor and add the umami taste. Abbreviations: MSG, E621.
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nounwhite crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in Chinese cooking
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Translations
Bulgarian натриев глутамат
- натриев глутамат (natriev glutamat)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Catalan glutamat de monosodi
- glutamat de monosodimono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Chinese Cantonese 味精, 穀氨酸鈉 /谷氨酸钠
- 味精mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- 穀氨酸鈉 /谷氨酸钠 (guk¹ on¹ syun¹ naap⁶)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Chinese Mandarin 味精, 穀氨酸鈉 /谷氨酸钠
- 味精 (wèijīng)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- 穀氨酸鈉 /谷氨酸钠 (gǔ'ānsuānnà)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- 麩胺酸鈉 /麸胺酸钠 (fū'ānsuānnà)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Czech glutaman sodný
- glutaman sodnýmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Dutch ve-tsin, mononatriumglutamaat
- ve-tsinmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- mononatriumglutamaatmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Finnish natriumglutamaatti, mononatriumglutamaatti
- natriumglutamaattimono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- mononatriumglutamaattimono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
French glutamate monosodique, glutamate de sodium
- glutamate monosodiquemono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- glutamate de sodiummono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
German Mononatriumglutamat
- Mononatriumglutamatmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Greek γλουταμινικό μονονάτριο
- γλουταμινικό μονονάτριο (gloutaminikó mononátrio)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Hungarian mononátrium-glutamát, nátrium-glutamát
- mononátrium-glutamátmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- nátrium-glutamátmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Indonesian micin, vetsin
- micinmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- vetsinmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- natrium glutamatmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Italian glutammato monosodico
- glutammato monosodicomono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Japanese グルタミン酸ナトリウム, 味の素
- グルタミン酸ナトリウム (gurutaminsan-natoriumu)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- 味の素 (ajinomoto)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Korean 글루타민산나트륨, 미원
- 글루타민산나트륨 (geullutaminsannateuryum)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- 미원 (miwon)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Polish glutaminian sodu
- glutaminian sodumono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Portuguese glutamato monossódico, glutamato de sódio
- glutamato monossódicomono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- glutamato de sódiomono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Russian глутама́т на́трия
- глутама́т на́трия (glutamát nátrija)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Spanish glutamato monosódico
- glutamato monosódicomono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Swedish natriumglutamat
- natriumglutamatmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Tagalog betsin
- betsinmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Tamil அஜினோமோட்டோ
- அஜினோமோட்டோ (ajiṉōmōṭṭō)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Thai สารชูรส, โมโนโซเดียมกลูตาเมต
- สารชูรส (săan choo rót)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- โมโนโซเดียมกลูตาเมต (mohnoh sohdiam gloodtaamâyt)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- ผงชูรส (pŏng choo rót)mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
Vietnamese bột ngọt, mì chính
- bột ngọtmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- mì chínhmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- mononatri glutamatmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
- vị tinhmono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid
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APA
monosodium glutamate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monosodium%20glutamate
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“monosodium glutamate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monosodium%20glutamate. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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