cinnamon
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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).
Inflected forms:
form: cinnamons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of a yellowish-brown color.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: canella
cassia
essonite
hessonite
five-spice powder
red-hot
Derived words: Ceylon cinnamon
Chinese cinnamon
cinnamaldehyde
cinnamic
cinnamic acid
cinnamon attila
cinnamon bark
cinnamon bear
cinnamon bread
cinnamon-breasted tit
cinnamon bun
cinnamoned
cinnamon fern Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
cinnamon fungus
cinnamon hummingbird
cinnamonic
cinnamonlike
cinnamon ring
cinnamonrita
cinnamon roll
cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner
cinnamon shadowdragon
cinnamon snail
cinnamon stick
cinnamon stone
cinnamon sugar
cinnamon teal
cinnamontini
cinnamon vine
cinnamon wattle
cinnamony
Indian cinnamon
Indonesian cinnamon
Malabar cinnamon
oil of cinnamon
Saigon cinnamon
Sri Lanka cinnamon
true cinnamon
Vietnamese cinnamon
white cinnamon
wild cinnamon (Canella winterana
xylocinnamon)
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: kaneelboom
lang: Albanian
word: kanellë
lang: Arabic
word: قِرْفَة
roman: qirfa
lang: Arabic
word: قرفة
roman: girfa
lang: Arabic
word: قرفة
roman: qarfa
lang: Aramaic
word: דרציני
roman: dārṣīnī
lang: Aramaic
word: ܕܪܨܝܢܝ
roman: dārṣīnī
lang: Aramaic
word: ܨܝܢܕܪܓ
roman: ṣīndreḡ
lang: Armenian
word: դարչին
roman: darčʻin
lang: Assamese
word: দালচেনি
roman: dalseni
lang: Azerbaijani
word: darçın
lang: Basque
word: kanela
lang: Bengali
word: দারচিনি
roman: darcini
lang: Bengali
word: দারুচিনি
roman: darucini
lang: Central Bikol
word: kanela
lang: Breton
word: gwez-kanell
lang: Bulgarian
word: кане́лено дърво́
roman: kanéleno dǎrvó
lang: Bulgarian
word: кане́ла
roman: kanéla
lang: Burmese
word: သစ်ကြံပိုးပင်
roman: sackrampui:pang
lang: Catalan
word: canyeller
lang: Catalan
word: caneller
lang: Cebuano
word: kanela
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 肉桂
roman: ròuguì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 桂皮
roman: guìpí
lang: Cornish
word: kanel
lang: Cornish
word: kanelen
lang: Czech
word: skořicovník
lang: Dhivehi
word: ފޮނި ތޮށި
roman: foni toṣi
lang: Dutch
word: kaneelboom
lang: Esperanto
word: vera cinamomo
lang: Finnish
word: ceyloninkaneli
lang: Finnish
word: kanelipuu
lang: French
word: cannelier
lang: Georgian
word: დარიჩინი
roman: daričini
lang: German
word: Zimtbaum
lang: Greek
word: κανέλα
roman: kanéla
lang: Gujarati
word: તજ
roman: taj
lang: Hebrew
word: קִנָּמוֹן
roman: qinnāmṓn
lang: Hindi
word: दालचीनी
roman: dālcīnī
lang: Hungarian
word: fahéjfa
lang: Icelandic
word: kaniltré
lang: Icelandic
word: kanill
lang: Indonesian
word: kayu manis
lang: Italian
word: cannella
lang: Japanese
word: セイロンニッケイ
roman: Seiron nikkei
lang: Javanese
word: ꦏꦪꦸꦩꦤꦶꦱ꧀
roman: kayu manis
lang: Kannada
word: ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ
roman: dālcinni
lang: Korean
word: 시나몬
roman: sinamon
lang: Korean
word: 실론계피나무
roman: sillon'gyepinamu
lang: Latin
word: cinnamōmum
lang: Latin
word: cinnamum
lang: Malagasy
word: kanelina
lang: Malay
word: kayu manis
lang: Malayalam
word: കറുവ
roman: kaṟuva
lang: Maltese
word: kannella
lang: Marathi
word: दालचिनी
roman: dālcinī
lang: Mongolian
word: шанц
roman: šanc
lang: Nepali
word: दालचिनी
roman: dālacinī
lang: Norwegian
word: kaneltre
lang: Oromo
word: qarafaa
lang: Persian
word: دارچین
roman: dârčin
lang: Polish
word: cynamonowiec
lang: Portuguese
word: caneleira
lang: Romanian
word: scorțișor
lang: Russian
word: кори́чное де́рево
roman: koríčnoje dérevo
lang: Russian
word: кори́ца
roman: koríca
lang: Russian
word: кори́чник настоя́щий
roman: koríčnik nastojáščij
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цимет
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cimet
lang: Sinhalese
word: කුරුඳු
roman: kuruⁿdu
lang: Slovak
word: škoricovník
lang: Somali
word: qorfe
lang: Spanish
word: canelo
lang: Swahili
word: mdalasini
lang: Swedish
word: äkta kanel
lang: Swedish
word: kanel
lang: Tagalog
word: kanela
lang: Tamil
word: இலவங்கம்
roman: ilavaṅkam
lang: Tamil
word: கருவா
roman: karuvā
lang: Tamil
word: கறுவா
roman: kaṟuvā
lang: Thai
word: อบเชย
roman: òp-chəəi
lang: Tibetan
word: ཤིང་ཚ
lang: Turkish
word: tarçın ağacı
lang: Uyghur
word: دارچىن
roman: darchin
lang: Vietnamese
word: cây quế
lang: Volapük
word: kirfatep
lang: Volapük
word: kirfatabim
lang: Xhosa
word: isinamon
lang: Afrikaans
word: kaneel
lang: Albanian
word: kanellë
lang: Amharic
word: ቀረፋ
roman: ḳäräfa
lang: Arabic
word: قِرْفَة
roman: qirfa
lang: Arabic
word: قرفة
roman: ʔerfa
lang: Arabic
word: دارسين
roman: dārsīn
lang: Arabic
word: قرفة
roman: girfa
lang: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
word: דַּרְצִינִי
roman: darṣīnī
lang: Armenian
word: դարչին
roman: darčʻin
lang: Old Armenian
word: դարիճենիկ
roman: daričenik
lang: Old Armenian
word: կինամոմոն
roman: kinamomon
lang: Azerbaijani
word: darçın
lang: Belarusian
word: кары́ца
roman: karýca
lang: Belarusian
word: цынамо́н
roman: cynamón
lang: Breton
word: kanell
lang: Bulgarian
word: кане́ла
roman: kanéla
lang: Burmese
word: သစ်ကြံပိုး
roman: sackrampui:
lang: Catalan
word: canyella
lang: Catalan
word: canella
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 肉桂
roman: juk⁶ gwai³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 肉桂
roman: ròuguì
lang: Cornish
word: kanel
lang: Cornish
word: kanelen
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: tarçın
lang: Czech
word: skořice
lang: Danish
word: kanel
lang: Dutch
word: kaneel
lang: Esperanto
word: cinamo
lang: Estonian
word: kaneel
lang: Faroese
word: kanel
lang: Fijian
word: macou
lang: Fijian
word: macovu
lang: Fijian
word: maiu
lang: Fijian
word: mou
lang: Finnish
word: kaneli
lang: French
word: cannelle
lang: Galician
word: canela
lang: Georgian
word: დარიჩინი
roman: daričini
lang: German
word: Zimt
lang: German
word: Kaneel
lang: Greek
word: κανέλα
roman: kanéla
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κιννάμωμον
roman: kinnámōmon
lang: Hausa
word: kirfa
lang: Hebrew
word: קינמון \ קִנָּמוֹן
roman: kinamón
lang: Hindi
word: दारचीनी
roman: dārcīnī
lang: Hindi
word: दालचीनी
roman: dālcīnī
lang: Hindi
word: मुखशोधन
roman: mukhśodhan
lang: Hindi
word: शीत
roman: śīt
lang: Hindi
word: सलपत्र
roman: salpatra
lang: Hindi
word: सुगंधवल्कल
roman: sugandhvalkal
lang: Hindi
word: चोतक
roman: cotak
lang: Hindi
word: चोच
roman: coc
lang: Hungarian
word: fahéj
lang: Hungarian
word: cimet
lang: Icelandic
word: kanill
lang: Icelandic
word: kanell
lang: Indonesian
word: kayu manis
lang: Irish
word: cainéal
lang: Italian
word: cannella
lang: Japanese
word: シナモン
roman: shinamon
lang: Japanese
word: 肉桂
roman: nikki, nikkei
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: kanéla
lang: Kannada
word: ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ
roman: dālcinni
lang: Kazakh
word: даршын
roman: darşyn
lang: Kikuyu
word: ndarathini
lang: Korean
word: 계피
roman: gyepi
lang: Korean
word: 시나몬
roman: sinamon
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دارچین
roman: darçîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: darçîn
lang: Kyrgyz
word: корица
roman: koritsa
lang: Lao
word: ແຄ່
roman: khǣ
lang: Lao
word: ອົບເຊີຍ
roman: ʼop sœ̄i
lang: Latin
word: cinnamōmum
lang: Latin
word: cinnamum
lang: Latvian
word: kanēlis
lang: Lithuanian
word: cinamonas
lang: Low German
word: Kaneel
lang: Macedonian
word: цимет
roman: cimet
lang: Malay
word: kayu manis
lang: Malay
word: kulit kayu manis
lang: Brunei Malay
word: kayu manis
lang: Malayalam
word: കറുവാപ്പട്ട
roman: kaṟuvāppaṭṭa
lang: Maltese
word: kannella
lang: Maltese
word: ċinnamonu
lang: Māori
word: hinamona
lang: Marathi
word: दालचिनी
roman: dālcinī
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: tìu
lang: Norman
word: cannelle
lang: Norwegian
word: kanel
lang: Occitan
word: canèla
lang: Persian
word: دارچین
roman: dârčin
lang: Polish
word: cynamon
lang: Portuguese
word: canela
lang: Punjabi
word: ਦਾਲ਼ਚੀਨੀ
roman: dāḷcīnī
lang: Romanian
word: scorțișoară
lang: Russian
word: кори́ца
roman: koríca
lang: Sanskrit
word: दारुचिनी
roman: dārucinī
lang: Sanskrit
word: चोच
roman: coca
lang: Sanskrit
word: चोचक
roman: cocaka
lang: Sanskrit
word: दारुसिता
roman: dārusitā
lang: Sanskrit
word: बहुगन्ध
roman: bahugandha
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цимет
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cimet
lang: Shan
word: ၵႅင်းႁွမ်
roman: kéng hǎum
lang: Slovak
word: škorica
lang: Slovene
word: cimet
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: cymt
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: cymt
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: skorica
lang: Spanish
word: canela
lang: Swahili
word: dalasini
lang: Swedish
word: kanel
lang: Tagalog
word: kanela
lang: Tai Dam
word: ꪵꪁꪫ꪿
lang: Tajik
word: дорчин
roman: dorčin
lang: Tamil
word: கருவாப்பட்டை
roman: karuvāppaṭṭai
lang: Tamil
word: இலவங்கப்பட்டை
roman: ilavaṅkappaṭṭai
lang: Tatar
word: дарчин
roman: darçin
lang: Telugu
word: దాల్చిని
roman: dālcini
lang: Telugu
word: లవంగపట్ట
roman: lavaṅgapaṭṭa
lang: Thai
word: อบเชย
roman: òp-chəəi
lang: Tigrinya
word: ቃርፋ
roman: ḳarfa
lang: Turkish
word: tarçın
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: دارچین
roman: darçın
lang: Turkmen
word: darçyn
lang: Ukrainian
word: кори́ця
roman: korýcja
lang: Ukrainian
word: цинамо́н
roman: cynamón
lang: Urdu
word: دارچینی
roman: dārcīnī
lang: Uyghur
word: دارچىن
roman: darchin
lang: Uzbek
word: dolchin
lang: Uzbek
word: koritsa
lang: Venetan
word: canela
lang: Vietnamese
word: quế
lang: Volapük
word: kirfat
lang: Welsh
word: sinamon
lang: Yiddish
word: צימרינג
roman: tsimring
lang: Yiddish
word: צימערינג
roman: tsimering