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Etymology
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From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiōrana, q.v..
Pronunciation
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marjoram (countable and uncountable, plural marjorams)
- A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
- Synonym: (obsolete) amaracus
- The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.
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Translations
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plant
- Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش m (mardaqūš), مَرْزَنْجُوش m (marzanjūš)
- Hijazi Arabic: بَرْدَقوش m (bardaqūš, bardagūš)
- Armenian:
- Middle Armenian: մարզնկօշ (marznkōš)
- Old Armenian: մարզգոշ (marzgoš)
- Bulgarian: риган m (rigan)
- Catalan: marduix m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 墨角蘭/墨角兰 (mòjiǎolán)
- Czech: majoránka (cs) f
- Dutch: echte marjolein (nl) f
- Finnish: maustemeirami
- French: marjolaine (fr) f
- German: Majoran (de) m
- Greek: ματζουράνα (el) f (matzourána)
- Ancient: ἀμάρακον m (amárakon), σάμψουχον n (sámpsoukhon)
- Hungarian: majoránna (hu)
- Hunsrik: Maairon m
- Ido: majorano (io)
- Irish: oragán cumhra m
- Italian: maggiorana (it) f
- Kannada: ಮರುಗ (kn) (maruga)
- Korean: 마저럼 (majeoreom)
- Latin: amāracus (classical); maiorana, majorana (medieval)
- Macedonian: ма́јоран m (májoran)
- Norman: marjolaine f
- Old English: cyninges wyrt f, wurmille f
- Ottoman Turkish: ككلیك اوتی (keklik otu)
- Polish: majeranek (pl) m
- Portuguese: manjerona (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਮਰੂਆ m (marūā)
- Romanian: maghiran (ro) m
- Russian: майора́н (ru) m (majorán)
- Serbo-Croatian: majòrān (sh) f, majorána (sh) f, màžurān f, mažurána (sh) f
- Slovene: majaron (sl) m
- Spanish: mejorana (es) f, mayorana f, almoraduj (es)
- Tagalog: mehorana
- Turkish: mercanköşk (tr)
- Welsh: penrhudd yr ardd f
- Yiddish: מײַראַן m (mayran), מאַיאָראַן m (mayoran)
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