cornstarch

See also: corn starch

English

From corn +‎ starch.

cornstarch (usually uncountable, plural cornstarches)

A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
Synonyms: cornflour (UK), maizestarch (rare)

very fine starch powder — see also cornflour

Arabic: نَشَاء ذُرَة m (našāʔ ḏura)
Chechen: ахьар (aḥʳar)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 粟粉 (suk¹ fan²), 鷹粟粉 / 鹰粟粉 (jing¹ suk¹ fan²) (Hong Kong)

Mandarin: 玉米澱粉 / 玉米淀粉 (zh) (yùmǐ diànfěn), 玉米粉 (zh) (yùmifěn), 太白粉 (zh) (tàibáifěn)
Danish: majsstivelse c
Esperanto: maizamelo
Estonian: maisitärklis
Finnish: maissitärkkelys
French: maïzena (fr)
Galician: maicena (gl) f
German: Maisstärke (de) f
Greek: νισεστές (el) m (nisestés), μαϊζένα n (maïzéna)
Hungarian: kukoricakeményítő (hu)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 옥수수 전분 (oksusu jeonbun)
Polish: maizena (pl) f, skrobia kukurydziana (pl) f
Portuguese: amido de milho m, maisena (pt) f
Slovak: kukuričný škrob
Spanish: maicena (es) f, harina de maíz f, fécula (es) f, almidón (es) f, maizena f
Turkish: mısır nişastası