maizena

From Spanish in many contexts. In German contexts, from Maizena.

maizena (uncountable)

1. (dated) Cornflour, cornstarch.

• azamine

• maïzena

Genericized trademark.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑi̯ˈzeː.naː/

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• Hyphenation: mai‧ze‧na
• Rhymes: -eːnaː

maizena m (uncountable)

1. cornflour, cornstarch, maizena

• → Indonesian: maizena
• → Caribbean Javanese: masinah

Internationalism. Genericized trademark.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mai̯ˈzena/ [mai̯ˈze.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: mai‧ze‧na

maizena (plural maizena-maizena)

1. (cooking) cornflour, cornstarch, maizena

• “maizena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Tantri Miharti, Kurniawati, Dewi Eka Arini Algozi (2019) Kamus Tata Boga [Culinary Arts Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan Bahasa dan Perbukuan, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 57

• Hyphenation: mai‧ze‧na

maizena f (plural maizenas)

1. alternative form of maisena

• maicena

• IPA^(key): /maiˈθena/ [mai̯ˈθe.na] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /maiˈsena/ [mai̯ˈse.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: mai‧ze‧na

maizena f (plural maizenas)

1. cornflour, cornstarch

• majsena

From the cornstarch brand MAIZENA.

maizena c

1. cornstarch, cornflour (in cooking)

   Synonym: majsstärkelse

   Red såsen med maizena

   Thicken the sauce with cornstarch

• maizena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)