Is benzoic acid safe as a food preservative?
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Preservative
//prɪˈzəːvətɪv//
Synonyms for "preservative" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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2 entriesderived
6 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَادَّة حَافِظَة noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Bulgarian
1 entries- предпазващ adj (tending to preserve)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 防腐的 adj (tending to preserve)
- 防腐劑 /防腐剂 noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Czech
1 entries- konzervant noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Danish
1 entries- konserveringsmiddel noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Dutch
2 entries- bewaarmiddel noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
- conserveermiddel noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Estonian
1 entries- säilitusaine noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Finnish
2 entries- säilyttävä adj (tending to preserve)
- säilöntäaine noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
French
1 entries- conservateur noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Galician
3 entries- preservativa adj (tending to preserve)
- preservativo adj (tending to preserve)
- conservante noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Georgian
1 entries- კონსერვანტი noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
German
1 entries- Konservierungmittel noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Greek
2 entries- συντηρητικός adj (tending to preserve)
- συντηρητικό noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Hungarian
1 entries- tartósítószer noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Indonesian
1 entries- bahan pengawet noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Irish
1 entries- leasaitheach adj (tending to preserve)
Italian
2 entries- preservativo adj (tending to preserve)
- conservante noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Japanese
1 entries- 防腐剤 noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- konserveringsmiddel noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- konserveringsmiddel noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Polish
3 entries- zapobiegawczy adj (tending to preserve)
- konserwant noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
- środek konserwujący noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Portuguese
3 entries- preservador adj (tending to preserve)
- conservante noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
- preservante noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Romanian
1 entries- conservant noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Russian
1 entries- консерва́нт noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Slovak
1 entries- konzervačný adj (tending to preserve)
Spanish
4 entries- preservativo adj (tending to preserve)
- conservante noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
- preservante noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
- preservativo noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Swedish
1 entries- konserveringsmedel noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Turkish
1 entries- koruyucu noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Ukrainian
1 entries- консерва́нт noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chất bảo quản noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Welsh
1 entries- cadwolyn noun (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Sodium benzoate is a very common food preservative.
Source: tatoeba (4462477)
For example, in English, the word preservative is a chemical added to food to keep it fresh. But in French, a préservatif is a condom.
Source: tatoeba (6990511)
Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.
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