different between bitterness vs umami

English

Etymology

From Middle English bitternesse, biternesse, from Old English biternes (“bitterness; grief”), equivalent to bitter +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?t?n?s/

Noun

bitterness (countable and uncountable, plural bitternesses)

1. The quality of having a bitter taste.
2. The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.

   She kept her bitterness about her mistreatment for the rest of her life.

   the bitterness of his words

3. The quality of eliciting a bitter feeling; humiliating, harsh.

   Nothing could assuage the bitterness of their defeat.

4. Harsh cold.

   The bitterness of the winter caught us all by surprise.

Synonyms

• (quality of being bitter in taste): acerbicness, acridity, acridness
• (quality of feeling bitter): acrimony, gall, rancor/rancour, resentment

Translations

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?m??mi/
• Rhymes: -??mi

Noun

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

   • 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, Wired, "The Fundamental Nihilism of Yanny vs. Laurel":

     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

• umaminess

Translations

See also

• osmazome

Further reading

• umami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• imaum

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?umami]
• Hyphenation: uma?mi

Noun

umami (first-person possessive umamiku, second-person possessive umamimu, third-person possessive umaminya)

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

Adjective

umami

1. tasty, savory.

   Synonyms: gurih, lezat, nikmat

Further reading

• “umami” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

umami

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Japanese ??, ??? (umami).

Noun

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

1. umami

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Japanese ??, ??? (umami).

Noun

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

1. umami

Spanish

Noun

umami m (uncountable)

1. umami