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sodium benzoate

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The sodium salt of benzoic acid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a white crystalline salt used as a food preservative and antiseptic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: benzoate of soda

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: benzoate

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِنْزُوَات الصُّودِيُوم (binzuwāt aṣ-ṣōdiyum) — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Bulgarian: натриев бензоат (natriev benzoat) — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Catalan: benzoat de sodi — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苯甲酸鈉 /苯甲酸钠 (běnjiǎsuānnà) — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Czech: benzoan sodný — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Czech: benzoát sodný — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Dutch: natriumbenzoaat — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Finnish: natriumbentsoaatti — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • French: benzoate de sodium — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • German: Natriumbenzoat — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Greek: βενζοϊκό νάτριο (venzoïkó nátrio) — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Hebrew: סודיום בנזואט — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Hungarian: nátrium-benzoát — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Italian: benzoato di sodio — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Japanese: 安息香酸ナトリウム (ansokukōsan natoriumu) — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Norwegian: natriumbenzoat — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Polish: benzoesan sodu — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Portuguese: benzoato de sódio — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Romanian: benzoat de sodiu — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Russian: бензоа́т на́трия (benzoát nátrija) — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Serbo-Croatian: natrijum benzoat — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Spanish: benzoato de sodio — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Swedish: natriumbensoat — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Thai: โซเดียมเบนโซเอท (sohdiam bensoayt) — the sodium salt of benzoic acid
  • Turkish: sodyum benzoat — the sodium salt of benzoic acid