cornstarch

See also: corn starch

English

Alternative forms

• corn starch

Etymology

From corn +‎ starch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cornstarch (usually uncountable, plural cornstarches)

1. A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.

   Synonym: (UK) cornflour

Translations

very fine starch powder — see also cornflour

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chechen: ахьар (aḥʳar)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 粟粉 (suk¹ fan²), 鷹粟粉／鹰粟粉 (jing¹ suk¹ fan²) (Hong Kong)

  Mandarin: 玉米澱粉／玉米淀粉 (zh) (yùmǐ diànfěn), 玉米粉 (zh) (yùmifěn)

• Danish: majsstivelse c
• Esperanto: maizamelo
• Estonian: maisitärklis
• Finnish: maissitärkkelys
• French: maïzena (fr)
• Galician: maicena (gl) f
• German: Maisstärke (de) f
• Greek: νισεστές (el) m (nisestés), μαϊζένα n (maïzéna)
• Hungarian: kukoricakeményítő (hu)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 옥수수 전분 (oksusu jeonbun)
• Polish: maizena (pl) f
• Portuguese: amido de milho m, maisena (pt) f
• Slovak: kukuričný škrob
• Spanish: maicena (es) f, harina de maíz f, fécula (es) f, almidón (es) f, maizena f
• Turkish: mısır nişastası

See also

• baby powder

Further reading

• cornstarch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia