Phrase guide

chewing gum

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sweet, confection

Narrower terms: gum ball, bubble gum

History

Etymology

From chewing + gum.

Across languages

Translations

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çamçakëzi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Southern Altai: саҥыс (saŋïs) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: عِلْكَة (ʕilka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: لُبَان (lubān) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: لبان (libān) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: أستيكة (astīka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: مستيكة (mastīka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: عِلْچ (ʕilč) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: لبان (lubān) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: مسكة (maska) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: عِلْكِة (ʕilke) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: علْكة (ʕilke) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: لبان — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Arabic: مسكة (miska) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Tunisian Arabic: شكلي (šikli) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Armenian: ծամոն (camon) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Armenian: մաստակ (mastak) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Azerbaijani: saqqız — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Bashkir: һағыҙ (hağıź) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Basque: txikle — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Basque: txingoma — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Basque: gomagoxo — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Belarusian: жава́льная гу́мка (žaválʹnaja húmka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Belarusian: жу́йка (žújka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Bengali: চ্যুইং গাম (cuiṅ gam) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Bulgarian: дъ́вка (dǎ́vka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Burmese: ချူးအင်းဂမ်း (hkyu:ang:gam:) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Carpathian Rusyn: жва́чый ґу́мій (žváčŷj gúmij) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Carpathian Rusyn: жва́чка (žváčka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Catalan: xiclet — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏜ (adla) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Chinese Cantonese: 香口膠 /香口胶 (hoeng1 hau2 gaau1) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 樹奶糖 /树奶糖 (chéu-nĕng-tòng) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Chinese: 橡奶糖 (chhiǔn-lin-thn̂g, chhiūn-ni-thn̂g, chhiū-leng-thn̂g, chhiū-ni-thn̂g) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 口香糖 (kǒuxiāngtáng) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Crimean Tatar: saqız — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Czech: žvýkačka — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Danish: tyggegummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Dutch: kauwgom — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Esperanto: maĉaĵo — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Esperanto: maĉgumo — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Estonian: närimiskumm — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Faroese: tyggigummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Finnish: purukumi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • French: chewing-gum — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • French: gomme à mâcher — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • French: chiclette f or chiclet — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Galician: goma de mascar — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Georgian: საღეჭი რეზინი (saɣeč̣i rezini) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Georgian: კევი (ḳevi) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • German: Kaugummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • German: Chaugummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • German: Chätschgummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Greek: τσίχλα (tsíchla) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Greek: μαστίχα (mastícha) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Cypriot Greek: πίσσα (píssa) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Gujarati: ચિંગમ (ciṅgam) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Guyanese Creole English: chico — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Hebrew: גּוּמִי לְעִיסָה (gumi le'isa) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Hebrew: מַסְטִיק (mástik) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Hindi: चूइंग गम (cūiṅg gam) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Hindi: जुगल (jugal) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Hungarian: rágógumi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Icelandic: tyggigúmmí — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Icelandic: tyggjó — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Icelandic: jórtúrleður — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Indonesian: permen karet — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Irish: guma coganta — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Irish: guma — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Italian: gomma da masticare — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Japanese: チューインガム (chūingamu) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Japanese: ガム (gamu) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Kazakh: сағыз (sağyz) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Khmer: ស្ករកៅស៊ូ (skɑɑ kaw suu) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Korean: 껌 (kkeom) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Korean: 츄잉껌 (chu'ingkkeom) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Central Kurdish: بِنێشت (binêşt) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Central Kurdish: جاچِکە (caçike) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Northern Kurdish: benîşt — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Northern Kurdish: qaçik — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Southern Kurdish: جاجِگ (cacig) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Kyrgyz: сагыз (sagız) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Lao: ຫມາກຝະຫລັ່ງ (māk fa lang) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Lao: ຫມາກຝຣັ່ງ (māk fa rang) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Latvian: košļājamā gumija — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Lithuanian: kramtomoji guma — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Luxembourgish: Knätsch — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Luxembourgish: Knätschgummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Macedonian: гума за џвакање (guma za džvakanje) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Macedonian: мастика (mastika) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Malay: gula-gula getah — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Maltese: ċuwing-gamm — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Māori: pia ngau (ngau) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Mongolian: бохь (boxʹ) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠬᠢ (boqi) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Nahuatl: tzictli — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Navajo: chʼag — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Navajo: jeeh — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tyggegummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tyggis — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tyggjegummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tyggegummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tyggis — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Oromo: maastiikaa — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Pannonian Rusyn: жуваче (žuvače) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Pannonian Rusyn: чунґам (čungam) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Pashto: ژاوله (žāwla) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Dari: سَاجِق (sājiq) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Iranian Persian: آدامْس (âdâms) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Polish: guma — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Polish: guma do żucia — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Brazilian Portuguese: chiclete — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Brazilian Portuguese: goma de mascar — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • European Portuguese: chicla — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • European Portuguese: pastilha elástica — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • European Portuguese: chiclete — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • European Portuguese: gama — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Portuguese: chuinga — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Romanian: gumă de mestecat — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Russian: жева́тельная рези́нка (ževátelʹnaja rezínka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Russian: жва́чка (žváčka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Russian: жева́чка (ževáčka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Scots: chuggie — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Serbo-Croatian: жвакаћа гума — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Serbo-Croatian: жвака — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Serbo-Croatian: žvakaća guma — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Serbo-Croatian: žvaka — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Sicilian: giggumma — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Sicilian: ciunga — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Sicilian: masticanti — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Sicilian: masticogna — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Slovak: žuvačka — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Slovene: žvečilna guma — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Spanish: chicle — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Swahili: bigijii — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Swahili: chingamu — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Swedish: tuggummi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Tagalog: tsiklet — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Tajik: сақич (saqič) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Tatar: сагыз (sağız) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Thai: หมากฝรั่ง (màak-fà-ràng) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Tok Pisin: pike — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Turkish: sakız — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Turkish: ciklet — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Turkmen: sakgyç — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Ukrainian: жува́льна гу́мка (žuválʹna húmka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Ukrainian: жва́чка (žváčka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Ukrainian: жу́йка (žújka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Ukrainian: жува́чка (žuváčka) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Urdu: چُوئِن٘گ گَم (cūiṅg gam) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Uyghur: سېغىز (sëghiz) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Uzbek: saqich — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Vietnamese: kẹo cao su — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Volapük: maskagumod — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Walloon: tchiclete — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Welsh: gwm cnoi — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Yiddish: קײַגומע (kaygume) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Yiddish: קײַגומי (kaygumi) — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Yoruba: ṣingọ́ọ̀mù — flavoured preparation for chewing
  • Zhuang: goujyanghdangz — flavoured preparation for chewing