Phrase guide

baking powder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A dry leavening agent used in baking; a mixture of baking soda, an acid (often cream of tartar) and starch to keep it dry; when wetted, carbon dioxide is released.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeast

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: leaven, leavening

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بيكنج باودر (bēking bāwdar) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Armenian: փխրեցուցիչ (pʻxrecʻucʻičʻ) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Armenian: թխելու փոշի (tʻxelu pʻoši) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Bulgarian: ба́кпулвер (bákpulver) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Chinese Cantonese: 泡打粉 (pou5 da2 fan2) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Chinese Cantonese: 發粉 /发粉 (faat3 fan2) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發酵粉 /发酵粉 (fājiàofěn) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 焙粉 (bèifěn) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發粉 /发粉 (fāfěn) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 起子 (qǐzi) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泡打粉 (pàodǎfěn) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Czech: kypřící prášek — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Czech: prášek do pečiva — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Danish: bagepulver — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Dutch: bakpoeder — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Esperanto: bakpulvoro — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Finnish: leivinjauhe — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • French: levure chimique — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Georgian: გამაფხვიერებელი (gamapxvierebeli) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • German: Backpulver — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Greek: μπέικιν πάουντερ (béikin páounter) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Hebrew: אַבְקַת אֲפִיָּה (avkát afiyá) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Hungarian: sütőpor — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Irish: púdar bácála — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Italian: lievito chimico — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Japanese: ベーキングパウダー (bēkingu paudā) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Ladino: polvo levadura — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Māori: paura whakapiki — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Navajo: biłʼéʼélʼíní — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bakepulver — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bakepulver — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Plautdietsch: Bakpulwa — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Polish: proszek do pieczenia — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Portuguese: fermento químico — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Romanian: praf de copt — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Russian: пека́рный порошо́к (pekárnyj porošók) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Serbo-Croatian: prašak za pecivo — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Spanish: polvo de hornear — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Spanish: royal — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Spanish: bequenpaura — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Spanish: róyal — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Spanish: polvo gasificante — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Spanish: levadura química — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Spanish: polvo para enhornar — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Spanish: polvo para ahornar — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Swedish: bakpulver — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Taos: pòwdoʼóne — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Thai: ผงฟู (pǒng-fuu) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Turkish: kabartma tozu — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Ukrainian: пека́рський порошо́к (pekársʹkyj porošók) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Ukrainian: розпу́шувач (rozpúšuvač) — dry leavening agent used in baking
  • Unami: ehapahponhenk — dry leavening agent used in baking