Umami

//uˈmɑːmi//

Synonyms for "umami" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (2)

Noun(1 words)

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Related terms

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coordinate

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derived

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related to

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Translations

36 translations across 28 languages.

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Albanian

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  • ngjelmë noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Arabic

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  • أُومَامِي noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Bulgarian

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  • умами noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 鮮味 /鲜味 noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 鮮味 /鲜味 noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Danish

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  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Dutch

2 entries
  • hartig noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)
  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Esperanto

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  • umamo noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Finnish

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  • lihaisuus noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)
  • ruokaisuus noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)
  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

French

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  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

German

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  • Umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Greek

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  • ουμάμι noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Hungarian

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  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Indonesian

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  • gurih noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)
  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Italian

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  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Japanese

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  • 旨味 noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Khmer

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  • អ៊ុំម៉ាមី noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Korean

2 entries
  • 감칠맛 noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)
  • 우마미 noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Malay

3 entries
  • berlauk noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)
  • gurih noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)
  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Russian

1 entries
  • ума́ми noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Spanish

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  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Swedish

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  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Thai

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  • รสอูมามิ noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)
  • อูมามิ noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Turkish

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  • umami noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ума́мі noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ngọt thịt noun (one of the five basic tastes, savoriness)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

So much umami.

Source: tatoeba (6142585)

Umami is the fifth taste.

Source: tatoeba (10550923)

Umami is the fifth flavor.

Source: tatoeba (10550927)

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[…]

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