ginseng

See also: Ginseng

Translingual

Noun

ginseng

1. ginseng; used as a specific epithet

Derived terms

• Panax ginseng (syn. Aralia ginseng)

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English

(American) ginseng

ginseng roots

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 人參 (jîn-som).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɛŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɪŋ/

• Audio (RP)

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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 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 1964, page 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 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, 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, 人蔘, 人参 (jan⁴ sam¹)

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

  Min Nan: 人參, 人蔘, 人参 (jîn-sam, jîn-sim, jîn-som, lîn-sam)

• 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 (チョウセンニンジン, chōsen ninjin), 高麗人参 (コウライニンジン, kōrai ninjin), 御種人参 (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
• Malay: ginseng
• Manchu: ᠣᡵᡥᠣᡩᠠ (orhoda)
• Mongolian: хүн орхоодой (hün orhoodoy)
• 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
• Swedish: ginseng c
• Tagalog: dyinseng
• Thai: โสม (sǒom)
• Turkish: ginseng (tr)
• Turkmen: ženşen
• Ukrainian: женьше́нь m (ženʹšénʹ)
• Uyghur: ئادەمگىياھ‎ (ademgiyah)
• Vietnamese: nhân sâm (vi) (人蔘)

root of such a plant, or the extract

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

  Cantonese: 人蔘 (jan⁴ sam¹)

  Mandarin: 人蔘根/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 (チョウセンニンジン, chōsen ninjin), 高麗人参 (コウライニンジン, kōrai ninjin), 御種人参 (オタネニンジン, otane ninjin)
• Korean: 인삼(人蔘) (ko) (insam)
• Lithuanian: kraikūnis m
• Mongolian: хүн орхоодой (hün orhoodoy)
• Persian: جینسنگ‎ (jinseng)
• Polish: żeń-szeń (pl) m
• Portuguese: ginseng (pt) m
• Russian: женьше́нь (ru) m (ženʹšénʹ), жэньшэ́нь m (žɛnʹšɛ́nʹ)
• Spanish: ginseng m
• Uyghur: ئادەمگىياھ‎ (ademgiyah)
• Vietnamese: nhân sâm (vi) (人蔘)

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) (insam (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 (sǒom) (sŏhm)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ginseng (tr)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} nhân sâm (vi)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Gensing

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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English ginseng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡinseŋː/, [ˈɡins̠e̞ŋː]
• Rhymes: -inseŋː
• Syllabification^(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
instructive		—	ginsengein
abessive		ginsengittä	ginsengeittä
comitative		—	ginsengeineen

Possessive forms of ginseng (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	ginsengini	ginsengimme
2nd person	ginsengisi	ginsenginne
3rd person	ginsenginsä

Derived terms

• amerikanginseng

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French

Etymology

From Hokkien 人參.

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.

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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)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French ginseng.

Noun

ginseng m (uncountable)

1. ginseng

Declension

declension of ginseng (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ginseng	ginsengul
genitive/dative	(unui) ginseng	ginsengului
vocative	ginsengule