Skip to content

sodium

sodium

noun soh-DYOM Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Origin: New Latin sodium, from English soda

Usage Note

Le sodium is a chemical element (symbol Na, from Latin natrium) and is essential in French nutritional and medical vocabulary. On food labels, teneur en sodium (sodium content) is listed separately from sel (salt/NaCl). The compound chlorure de sodium is table salt. High sodium intake is a common topic in French health campaigns.

Examples

"Ce plat est riche en sodium."

Natural Translation

This dish is high in sodium.

Explore French by topic