cornstarch

See also: corn starch

English

Alternative forms

cornflour (UK)

Etymology

corn +‎ starch

Noun

cornstarch (usually uncountable, plural cornstarches)

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.

Translations

very fine starch powder

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 粟粉 (suk¹ fan²)

Mandarin: 玉米澱粉 (zh), 玉米淀粉 (zh) (yùmǐ diànfěn), 玉米粉 (zh) (yùmifěn)
Danish: majsstivelse c
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: maissitärkkelys
French: maïzena (fr)

German: Maisstärke f
Greek: καλαμποκάλευρο (el) n (kalampokálevro)
Hungarian: kukoricakeményítő
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
Spanish: maicena (es) f, harina de maíz f, fécula (es) f, almidón (es) f, maizena f

See also

baby powder

Further reading

cornstarch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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