🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

甜味剂

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tiánwèijì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sweetener/ˈswiːt.nər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4520 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她在饮料中使用甜味剂。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A substance used to give sweetness to food and drinks, often as a substitute for sugar.

    "Many people use artificial sweeteners to reduce their sugar intake."
  2. 2

    A person or thing that sweetens.

    "The sweetener in her speech made the proposal more appealing."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective sweet (from Proto-Germanic *swōtijaz) combined with the agent suffix -er. The specific application to sugar substitutes and chemical compounds developed in the mid-20th century with the rise of the food science and diet industries.

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