# umami
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈmɑːmi/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːmi

### Noun

umami (uncountable)
* 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, →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: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 […]

#### Derived terms

* umami bomb
* umaminess

#### See also

* osmazome

### Further reading

* umami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* imaum

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈumɑmi/, [ˈumɑ̝mi]
* Rhymes: -umɑmi
* Hyphenation: uma‧mi

### Noun

umami
* umami

#### Declension

Possessive forms of umami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
umamini
umamini
accusative
nom.
umamini
umamini
gen.
umamini
genitive
umamini
umamieni
partitive
umamiani
umamejani
inessive
umamissani
umameissani
elative
umamistani
umameistani
illative
umamiini
umameihini
adessive
umamillani
umameillani
ablative
umamiltani
umameiltani
allative
umamilleni
umameilleni
essive
umaminani
umameinani
translative
umamikseni
umameikseni
abessive
umamittani
umameittani
instructive
comitative
—umameineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
umamisi
umamisi
accusative
nom.
umamisi
umamisi
gen.
umamisi
genitive
umamisi
umamiesi
partitive
umamiasi
umamejasi
inessive
umamissasi
umameissasi
elative
umamistasi
umameistasi
illative
umamiisi
umameihisi
adessive
umamillasi
umameillasi
ablative
umamiltasi
umameiltasi
allative
umamillesi
umameillesi
essive
umaminasi
umameinasi
translative
umamiksesi
umameiksesi
abessive
umamittasi
umameittasi
instructive
comitative
—umameinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
umamimme
umamimme
accusative
nom.
umamimme
umamimme
gen.
umamimme
genitive
umamimme
umamiemme
partitive
umamiamme
umamejamme
inessive
umamissamme
umameissamme
elative
umamistamme
umameistamme
illative
umamiimme
umameihimme
adessive
umamillamme
umameillamme
ablative
umamiltamme
umameiltamme
allative
umamillemme
umameillemme
essive
umaminamme
umameinamme
translative
umamiksemme
umameiksemme
abessive
umamittamme
umameittamme
instructive
comitative
—umameinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
umaminne
umaminne
accusative
nom.
umaminne
umaminne
gen.
umaminne
genitive
umaminne
umamienne
partitive
umamianne
umamejanne
inessive
umamissanne
umameissanne
elative
umamistanne
umameistanne
illative
umamiinne
umameihinne
adessive
umamillanne
umameillanne
ablative
umamiltanne
umameiltanne
allative
umamillenne
umameillenne
essive
umaminanne
umameinanne
translative
umamiksenne
umameiksenne
abessive
umamittanne
umameittanne
instructive
comitative
—umameinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
umaminsa
umaminsa
accusative
nom.
umaminsa
umaminsa
gen.
umaminsa
genitive
umaminsa
umamiensa
partitive
umamiaan umamiansa
umamejaan umamejansa
inessive
umamissaan umamissansa
umameissaan umameissansa
elative
umamistaan umamistansa
umameistaan umameistansa
illative
umamiinsa
umameihinsa
adessive
umamillaan umamillansa
umameillaan umameillansa
ablative
umamiltaan umamiltansa
umameiltaan umameiltansa
allative
umamilleen umamillensa
umameilleen umameillensa
essive
umaminaan umaminansa
umameinaan umameinansa
translative
umamikseen umamiksensa
umameikseen umameiksensa
abessive
umamittaan umamittansa
umameittaan umameittansa
instructive
comitative
—umameineen umameinensa :

#### Synonyms

* lihaisuus
* ruokaisuus

### Further reading

* “umami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

### Anagrams

* ammui

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈumami]
* Hyphenation: uma‧mi

### Noun

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

### Adjective

umami
* tasty, savory.
    Synonyms: gurih, lezat, nikmat

### Further reading

* “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.

## Japanese
### Romanization

umami
* Rōmaji transcription of うまみ

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

### Noun

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)
* umami

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

### Noun

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)
* umami

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 旨味.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈma.mi/
* Rhymes: -ami
* Syllabification: u‧ma‧mi

### Noun

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

### Adjective

umami (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
* with a umami taste

### Further reading

* umami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* umâmi (rare)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈmɐ̃.mi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈmɐ̃.mi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /uˈmɐ.mi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /uˈmɐ.mi/

### Adjective

umami (invariable)
* umami

### Noun

umami m (uncountable)
* umami

### See also

Basic tastes in Portuguese · sabores (layout · text) :
| doce | azedo | salgado | amargo | picante | umami |

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Noun

umami m (uncountable)
* umami

## Swedish
### Noun

umami c
* umami

#### Declension
### References

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