krochmal

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔx.mal/

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• Rhymes: -ɔxmal
• Syllabification: kroch‧mal

Borrowed from Middle High German kraftmël.

krochmal m inan (related adjective krochmalowy)

1. starch (widely diffused vegetable substance, found especially in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.)

   Synonym: skrobia

2. (nutrition) starch (carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods)

   Synonym: skrobia

3. starch (any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener)

   Synonym: sztywnik

• → Belarusian: крухма́л (kruxmál)
• → Russian: крахма́л (kraxmál)
  • → Ingrian: krahmala
  • → Kazakh: крахмал (kraxmal)
• → Ukrainian: крохма́ль (kroxmálʹ)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

krochmal

1. second-person singular imperative of krochmalić

• “krochmal”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “krochmal”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• krochmal in PWN's encyclopedia