Phrase guide

bouillon cube

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stock cube, Oxo cube, broth cube

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a cube of evaporated seasoned meat extract

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 湯塊 /汤块 (tāngkuài) — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Danish: bouillonterning — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Dutch: bouillonblokje — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Esperanto: buljonkubo — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Finnish: liemikuutio — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • French: bouillon cube — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • German: Brühwürfel — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Hungarian: leveskocka — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Italian: dado — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Japanese: ブイヨンキューブ (buiyon kyūbu) — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: buljongterning — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: buljongterning — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Polish: kostka rosołowa — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Polish: rosołek — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Portuguese: cubo de caldo — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Portuguese: caldo Knorr — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Romanian: cub de supă — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Russian: бульонный кубик (bulʹonnyj kubik) — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Spanish: cubo de caldo — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Spanish: caldo acubado — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Spanish: caldo encubado — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Spanish: caldo en cubo — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Swedish: buljongtärning — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Ukrainian: бульйонний кубик (bulʹjonnyj kubyk) — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Yiddish: בוליאָן־קובל (bulyon-kubl) — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Yiddish: בוליאָן־קלעצל (bulyon-kletsl) — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock
  • Yoruba: magí — dry cube of ingredients for broth or stock