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vetsin

vetsin noun: MSG; monosodium glutamate.

Noun

vetsin (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) MSG; monosodium glutamate

Origin of vetsin

Genericized trademark of Tien Chu Ve-Tsin food company. The Ve-Tsin (味精) trademark itself comes from Shanghainese 味精 (⁶vi-cin₁), which is ultimately from Japanese 味(み)精(せい) (misei).

Questions about vetsin

What does vetsin mean?
Vetsin means MSG; monosodium glutamate.
What part of speech is vetsin?
Vetsin is a noun.

Words near vetsin in the dictionary

  1. Vetreno
  2. vetronectin
  3. vetrovnjak
  4. Vetruvian
  5. vets
  6. vetsin
  7. vettable
  8. Vette
  9. vetted
  10. Vettel
  11. Vettels

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