cinnamon
See also: Cinnamon
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), later κίνναμον (kínnamon), according to Herodotus from Phoenician [Term?], cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן (qinnāmōn).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mən/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mən/, /ˈsɪn.ə.mɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (nonstandard) -ɪmɪn
Noun edit
cinnamon (countable and uncountable, plural cinnamons)
- (countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
- Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
- (chiefly uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above.
- true cinnamon, the product made of Cinnamomum verum
- (countable) A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.
- cinnamon:
Derived terms edit
- Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
- Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
- cinnamic acid
- cinnamon attila (Attila cinnamomeus)
- cinnamon bark (Canella winterana)
- cinnamon bear (Ursus americanus cinnamomum)
- cinnamon bread
- cinnamon-breasted tit (Melaniparus pallidiventris)
- cinnamon bun
- cinnamon fern Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
- cinnamon hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
- cinnamon ring
- cinnamon roll
- cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner (Philydor pyrrhodes)
- cinnamon shadowdragon ( Neurocordulia virginiensis)
- cinnamon stick
- cinnamon stone
- cinnamon sugar
- Indian cinnamon (Cinnamomum tamale)
- Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii)
- Malabar cinnamon (Cinnamomum citriodorum)
- oil of cinnamon
- Saigon cinnamon (Cinnamomum loureiroi)
- Sri Lanka cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
- true cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
- Vietnamese cinnamon (Cinnamomum loureiroi)
- white cinnamon (Canella winterana)
- wild cinnamon (Canella winterana)
Descendants edit
Translations edit
Cinnamomum verum
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spice
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colour
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Adjective edit
cinnamon (not comparable)
Translations edit
flavor
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color
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “cinnamon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “cinnamon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “cinnamon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.