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glutamate

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡluː.tə.meɪt/
  • UK: [ˈɡlʉː.tə.mɛɪ̯t]
  • Canada, US: /ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/
  • Canada, US: [ˈɡɫu̟.ɾə.meɪ̯t]
  • Australian: /ˈɡlʉː.tə.mæɪt/
  • Australian: [ˈɡɫʉː.ɾə.mæɪ̯t]
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  • CMU ARPABET: G L UW1 T AH0 M EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any salt or ester of glutamic acid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The anion of glutamic acid in its role as a neurotransmitter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, neuroscience, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a salt or ester of glutamic acid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salt

History

Etymology

From glutamic acid + -ate.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: глутамат (glutamat) — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Catalan: glutamat — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 谷氨酸盐 (gǔ'ānsuānyán) — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Czech: glutamát — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Finnish: glutamaatti — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • French: glutamate — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • German: Glutamat — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Italian: glutamato — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Italian: glutammato — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Polish: glutaminian — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Portuguese: glutamato — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Slovak: glutaman — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Slovak: glutamát — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Spanish: glutamato — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Swedish: glutamat — salt or ester of glutamic acid
  • Turkish: glutamat — salt or ester of glutamic acid