umami
English edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami), from 旨い (umai, “delicious”), which describes the quality of a pleasant, savory taste.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
umami (uncountable)
- 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 […]
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
one of the five basic tastes, savoriness
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
umami
Declension edit
Inflection of umami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “umami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (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 edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 旨味 (umami), from 旨い (umai, “delicious”), which describes the quality of a pleasant, savory taste.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
umami (first-person possessive umamiku, second-person possessive umamimu, third-person possessive umaminya)
- (cooking) umami: one of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
Adjective edit
umami
Further reading edit
- “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.
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Romanization edit
umami
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).
Noun edit
umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).
Noun edit
umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
umami (not comparable, no derived adverb)
Noun edit
umami n (indeclinable)
Further reading edit
- umami in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Noun edit
umami m (uncountable)
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Noun edit
umami c
Declension edit
Declension of umami | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | umami | umamin | — | — |
Genitive | umamis | umamins | — | — |