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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

kokumi

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kokumi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Kokumi/koʊˈkuːmi/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O caldo apresenta uma sensação marcante de kokumi."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A quality of food taste characterized by rich depth, heartiness, continuity, and mouthfeel, often described as the sixth taste sensation.

    "The slow-cooked broth possessed a remarkable kokumi that lingered long after the first sip."
  2. 2

    Substances such as gamma-glutamyl peptides that enhance basic taste profiles without being flavors themselves.

    "Food scientists use natural extracts to boost the kokumi in low-sodium products."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Japanese word kokumi (コク味), combining 'koku' (rich taste or body) and 'mi' (taste or flavor). It entered international food science and culinary terminology in the early 21st century to describe taste-enhancing substances that add richness, continuity, and mouthfeel without having a distinct taste of their own.

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