ginseng

See also: Ginseng

Translingual

Noun

ginseng

1. ginseng; used as a specific epithet

Derived terms

• Panax ginseng (syn. Aralia ginseng)

English

(American) ginseng

ginseng roots

Alternative forms

• genseng, gingseng, ginsing, jinseng, jin-seng (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 人參 / 人参 (jîn-sim, “ginseng”). Doublet of ninzin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɛŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪnsɛŋ

Noun

ginseng (countable and uncountable, plural ginsengs)

1. Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties.
2. The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.
   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1964, pages 56–7:

     When the Afghan princes find it necessary to employ Chob-Chini, (the Jin-seng, or China root so celebrated as a purifier, tonic, and aphrodisiac) they choose the spring season.

   • 2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134:

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

Derived terms

• Alaskan ginseng
• American ginseng
• Asian ginseng
• Asiatic ginseng
• Brazilian ginseng
• Chinese ginseng
• dwarf ginseng
• eastern ginseng
• female ginseng
• five-leaf ginseng
• ginsenoside
• Himalayan ginseng
• Indian ginseng
• Korean ginseng
• notoginseng
• Oriental ginseng
• Peruvian ginseng
• poor man's ginseng
• prince ginseng
• red ginseng
• Siberian ginseng
• southern ginseng
• tienchi ginseng
• Vietnamese ginseng
• western ginseng

Translations

any of several plants, of the genus Panax

• Arabic: جِينْسِنْغ m (jinsinḡ)
• Armenian: ժենշեն (hy) (ženšen)
• Azerbaijani: jenşen
• Belarusian: жэньшэ́нь m (ženʹšénʹ)
• Bulgarian: женшен m (ženšen)
• Burmese: ဂျင်ဆင် (gyanghcang)
• Catalan: ginseng m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人參 / 人参 (jan⁴ sam¹), 人蔘 / 人𦲞 (jan⁴ sam¹), 人参 (jan⁴ sam¹)

  Hokkien: 人參 / 人参, 人蔘 / 人𦲞, 人参 (jîn-sam, jîn-sim, jîn-som, lîn-sam)

  Mandarin: 人參 / 人参 (zh) (rénshēn), 人蔘 / 人𦲞 (zh) (rénshēn), 人参 (zh) (rénshēn)

• Czech: ženšen m
• Danish: ginseng c
• Dutch: ginseng (nl) m
• Esperanto: ginsengo
• Finnish: ginseng (fi)
• Georgian: ჯინსენგი (ǯinsengi), ჟენშენი (ženšeni)
• German: Ginseng (de) m
• Hawaiian: ianakama
• Hebrew: ג׳ינסנג m (jinseng)
• Hindi: जिनसेंग (jinseṅg)
• Hungarian: ginzeng (hu)
• Icelandic: ginseng n
• Indonesian: ginséng, insam, kolesom (id)
• Japanese: 朝鮮人参 (ja) (チョウセンニンジン, chōsen ninjin), 高麗人参 (ja) (コウライニンジン, kōrai ninjin), 御種人参 (ja) (オタネニンジン, otane ninjin)
• Kazakh: адамтамыр (adamtamyr), адамшөп (adamşöp)
• Korean: 인삼(人蔘) (ko) (insam), 심 (ko) (sim)
• Lao: ໂສມ (sōm)
• Latvian: žeņšeņs m
• Lithuanian: kraikūnis m, ženšenis m
• Lü: ᦵᦍᦲᧃᧉᦵᦌᦲᧃᧈ (yoen²soen¹)
• Malay: ginseng
• Manchu: ᠣᡵᡥᠣᡩᠠ (orhoda)
• Mongolian: хүн орхоодой (xün orxoodoj)
• Persian: جینسنگ (jinseng)
• Polish: żeń-szeń (pl) m, wszechlek m
• Portuguese: ginseng (pt) m
• Romanian: ginseng (ro) m
• Russian: женьше́нь (ru) m (ženʹšénʹ), жэньшэ́нь m (žɛnʹšɛ́nʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: женшен m

  Roman: ženšen (sh) m

• Spanish: ginseng m (yinsen)
• Swedish: ginseng c
• Tagalog: dyinseng
• Thai: โสม (th) (sǒom)
• Turkish: ginseng (tr)
• Turkmen: ženşen
• Ukrainian: женьше́нь m (ženʹšénʹ)
• Uyghur: ئادەمگىياھ (ademgiyah)
• Vietnamese: nhân sâm (vi) (人蔘), sâm (vi)
• Yiddish: זשען־זשען m (zhen-zhen)

root of such a plant, or the extract

• Arabic: جِينْسِنْغ m (jinsinḡ)
• Armenian: ժենշեն (hy) (ženšen)
• Catalan: ginseng m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人蔘 / 人𦲞 (jan⁴ sam¹)

  Mandarin: 人蔘根 / 人𦲞根/人參根 / 人参根 (rénshēn gēn)

• Danish: ginseng c, ginsengrod c
• Dutch: ginseng (nl) m
• Finnish: ginseng (fi), ginsengjuuri (fi)
• Georgian: ჟენშენი (ženšeni)
• German: Ginseng (de) m
• Hungarian: ginzeng (hu)
• Japanese: 朝鮮人参 (ja) (チョウセンニンジン, chōsen ninjin), 高麗人参 (ja) (コウライニンジン, kōrai ninjin), 御種人参 (ja) (オタネニンジン, otane ninjin)
• Korean: 인삼(人蔘) (ko) (insam)
• Lithuanian: kraikūnis m
• Mongolian: хүн орхоодой (xün orxoodoj)
• Persian: جینسنگ (jinseng)
• Polish: żeń-szeń (pl) m
• Portuguese: ginseng (pt) m
• Russian: женьше́нь (ru) m (ženʹšénʹ), жэньшэ́нь m (žɛnʹšɛ́nʹ)
• Spanish: ginseng m (yinsen)
• Uyghur: ئادەمگىياھ (ademgiyah)
• Vietnamese: nhân sâm (vi) (人蔘)
• Yiddish: זשען־זשען m (zhen-zhen)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} ginseng (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Ginseng (de) m
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ג׳ינסנג m
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} ginseng n
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 인삼 (人蔘, insam), ^{(please verify)} 인삼속 (insamsok) (insamsok (insamsok))
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} ženšenis ?
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} ginseng m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} ginsenger c
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} โสม (th) (sǒom) (sŏhm)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ginseng (tr)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} nhân sâm (vi)

Further reading

• ginseng on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Panax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Gensing

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English ginseng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡinseŋ/, [ˈɡins̠e̞ŋ]
• Rhymes: -inseŋ
• Syllabification^(key): gin‧seng
• Hyphenation^(key): gin‧seng

Noun

ginseng

1. ginseng (plant)

   Synonym: ginsengjuuri

Declension

Inflection of ginseng (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		ginseng	ginsengit
genitive		ginsengin	ginsengien
partitive		ginsengiä	ginsengejä
illative		ginsengiin	ginsengeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ginseng	ginsengit
accusative	nom.	ginseng	ginsengit
	gen.	ginsengin
genitive		ginsengin	ginsengien
partitive		ginsengiä	ginsengejä
inessive		ginsengissä	ginsengeissä
elative		ginsengistä	ginsengeistä
illative		ginsengiin	ginsengeihin
adessive		ginsengillä	ginsengeillä
ablative		ginsengiltä	ginsengeiltä
allative		ginsengille	ginsengeille
essive		ginsenginä	ginsengeinä
translative		ginsengiksi	ginsengeiksi
abessive		ginsengittä	ginsengeittä
instructive		—	ginsengein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ginseng (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ginsengini ginsengini accusative nom. ginsengini ginsengini gen. ginsengini genitive ginsengini ginsengieni partitive ginsengiäni ginsengejäni inessive ginsengissäni ginsengeissäni elative ginsengistäni ginsengeistäni illative ginsengiini ginsengeihini adessive ginsengilläni ginsengeilläni ablative ginsengiltäni ginsengeiltäni allative ginsengilleni ginsengeilleni essive ginsenginäni ginsengeinäni translative ginsengikseni ginsengeikseni abessive ginsengittäni ginsengeittäni instructive — — comitative — ginsengeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ginsengisi ginsengisi accusative nom. ginsengisi ginsengisi gen. ginsengisi genitive ginsengisi ginsengiesi partitive ginsengiäsi ginsengejäsi inessive ginsengissäsi ginsengeissäsi elative ginsengistäsi ginsengeistäsi illative ginsengiisi ginsengeihisi adessive ginsengilläsi ginsengeilläsi ablative ginsengiltäsi ginsengeiltäsi allative ginsengillesi ginsengeillesi essive ginsenginäsi ginsengeinäsi translative ginsengiksesi ginsengeiksesi abessive ginsengittäsi ginsengeittäsi instructive — — comitative — ginsengeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ginsengimme ginsengimme accusative nom. ginsengimme ginsengimme gen. ginsengimme genitive ginsengimme ginsengiemme partitive ginsengiämme ginsengejämme inessive ginsengissämme ginsengeissämme elative ginsengistämme ginsengeistämme illative ginsengiimme ginsengeihimme adessive ginsengillämme ginsengeillämme ablative ginsengiltämme ginsengeiltämme allative ginsengillemme ginsengeillemme essive ginsenginämme ginsengeinämme translative ginsengiksemme ginsengeiksemme abessive ginsengittämme ginsengeittämme instructive — — comitative — ginsengeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ginsenginne ginsenginne accusative nom. ginsenginne ginsenginne gen. ginsenginne genitive ginsenginne ginsengienne partitive ginsengiänne ginsengejänne inessive ginsengissänne ginsengeissänne elative ginsengistänne ginsengeistänne illative ginsengiinne ginsengeihinne adessive ginsengillänne ginsengeillänne ablative ginsengiltänne ginsengeiltänne allative ginsengillenne ginsengeillenne essive ginsenginänne ginsengeinänne translative ginsengiksenne ginsengeiksenne abessive ginsengittänne ginsengeittänne instructive — — comitative — ginsengeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ginsenginsä ginsenginsä accusative nom. ginsenginsä ginsenginsä gen. ginsenginsä genitive ginsenginsä ginsengiensä partitive ginsengiään ginsengiänsä ginsengejään ginsengejänsä inessive ginsengissään ginsengissänsä ginsengeissään ginsengeissänsä elative ginsengistään ginsengistänsä ginsengeistään ginsengeistänsä illative ginsengiinsä ginsengeihinsä adessive ginsengillään ginsengillänsä ginsengeillään ginsengeillänsä ablative ginsengiltään ginsengiltänsä ginsengeiltään ginsengeiltänsä allative ginsengilleen ginsengillensä ginsengeilleen ginsengeillensä essive ginsenginään ginsenginänsä ginsengeinään ginsengeinänsä translative ginsengikseen ginsengiksensä ginsengeikseen ginsengeiksensä abessive ginsengittään ginsengittänsä ginsengeittään ginsengeittänsä instructive — — comitative — ginsengeineen ginsengeinensä

Derived terms

compounds

• amerikanginseng
• amerikanginsengjuuri
• ginsengjuuri

French

Etymology

From Hokkien 人參 / 人参.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒin.sɛŋ/; /ʒin.sɑ̃ɡ/; /ʒɛ̃.sɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

1. ginseng (plant)

Further reading

• “ginseng”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

Ultimately from Hokkien 人參 / 人参 (jîn-sim, “ginseng”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡin.seŋ/, [ˈɡin.sɛŋ]

Noun

ginséng (plural ginseng-ginseng)

1. ginseng (Panax ginseng)

   Synonyms: koliseng, kolesom

Further reading

• “ginseng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Noun

ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

1. ginseng (any of several plants of the genus Panax)
2. ginseng (root or extract of the ginseng plant)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ginseng.

Noun

ginseng m (uncountable)

1. ginseng

Declension

Declension of ginseng

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ginseng	ginsengul
genitive-dative	ginseng	ginsengului
vocative	ginsengule

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝinsen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn.sẽn]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝinsen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn.sẽn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃinsen/ [ˈʃĩn.sẽn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒinsen/ [ˈʒĩn.sẽn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -insen
• Syllabification: gin‧seng

Noun

ginseng m (plural ginsengs)

1. ginseng

Further reading

• “ginseng”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10