cardamom
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLate Middle English, from Old French cardamome or Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.də.məm/, /ˈkɑː.də.mən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹ.də.məm/, /ˈkɑɹ.dəˌmɑm/
Noun
editcardamom (countable and uncountable, plural cardamoms)
- The Elettaria cardamomum, an Indian herb.
- The seed of E. cardamomum, used as a medicine and spice, especially in curry powder.
- (uncommon, inexact) Synonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, of East Africa.
Synonyms
edit- (spice): elaichi, queen of spices
Derived terms
editTranslations
editE. cardamomum
|
its seed or seed capsule
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grains of paradise — see grains of paradise
References
edit- “cardamom, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1888.
- Weeks, Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck‘sDictionary of SelectedSynonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcardamom m (plural cardamoms)
Further reading
edit- “cardamom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cardamome.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcardamom n (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of cardamom (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) cardamom | cardamomul |
genitive/dative | (unui) cardamom | cardamomului |
vocative | cardamomule |
Further reading
edit- cardamom in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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