umami

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami), from 旨い (umai, “delicious”), which describes the quality of a pleasant, savory taste.

• IPA^(key): /uˈmɑːmi/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

umami (uncountable)

1. 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 […]

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• umami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• imaum

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

• IPA^(key): [uˈmɑːmi]

umami c (singular definite umamien, not used in plural form)

1. umami

• “umami” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

• IPA^(key): /ˈumɑmi/, [ˈumɑ̝mi]
• Rhymes: -umɑmi
• Syllabification^(key): u‧ma‧mi
• Hyphenation^(key): uma‧mi

umami

1. umami

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• “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 4 July 2023

• ammui

From Japanese 旨味(うまみ) (umami), from 旨い (umai, “delicious”), which describes the quality of a pleasant, savory taste.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /uˈmami/ [uˈma.mi]
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: u‧ma‧mi

umami (plural umami-umami)

1. (cooking) umami

   Synonym: kegurihan

umami (comparative lebih umami, superlative paling umami)

1. tasty, savory

   Synonym: gurih

• “umami” 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.

umami

1. Rōmaji transcription of うまみ

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

1. umami

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

1. umami

Borrowed from Japanese 旨味.

• IPA^(key): /uˈma.mi/
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: u‧ma‧mi

umami n (indeclinable)

1. umami (one of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses, and meats)

umami (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

1. with a umami taste

• umami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• umâmi (rare)

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 旨(うま)味(み) (umami), from 旨い (umai, “delicious”).

umami (invariable)

1. umami

umami m (uncountable)

1. umami

• “umami”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /uˈmami/ [uˈma.mi]
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: u‧ma‧mi

umami m (uncountable)

1. umami

umami c

1. umami

• umami in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• umami in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)