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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

édulcorant

Pronunciation / Transliteration: edulcorant

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sweetener/ˈswiːt.nər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Elle utilise un édulcorant dans son café."

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, originating from Proto-Germanic *swōtijaz, combined with the agent suffix -er. The term evolved in modern industrial food science to designate both natural and artificial substances used to impart a sweet flavor to foods and beverages.

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