amaranth

English

Amaranths in a garden.

Etymology

From Latin amarantus (influenced by plant names derived from Greek ἄνθος (anthos)), from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amarantos, “unfading”)

Noun

amaranth (plural amaranths)

1. Any of various herbs, of the genus Amaranthus.
2. Their flowers' characteristic purplish red color; a red to purple azo dye used as a food colouring and in cosmetics.
3. The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.

Synonyms

• (any Amaranthus): pigweed
• (seed): E123

Translations

herb

• Dutch: amarant m
• French: amarante (fr) f
• German: Amarant (de) m
• Greek: αμάραντο (el) (amáranto) n
• Hindi: चौलि (hi)
• Italian: amaranto (it) m
• Japanese: アマランス (ja) (amaransu), アマランサス (ja) (amaransasu)
• Korean: 비름 (ko) (bireum)

• Malayalam: അഗത്തി (ml)
• Portuguese: amaranto (pt) m
• Quechua: ataqu (qu)
• Romanian: amarant (ro) m
• Russian: щирица (ru) (š'iríca), амарант (ru) (amaránt) m
• Slovene: ščír (sl) m, amaránt (sl) m
• Spanish: amaranto (es) m

color/ dye

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紫紅色 (cmn), 紫红色 (cmn) (zǐhóngsè)

• Dutch: amarant m
• French: amarante (fr) f
• German: Amarant (de)
• Italian: amaranto (it) m
• Japanese: アマランス (ja) (amaransu), 紫赤色 (ja) (しせきしょく, shisekishoku)

• Romanian: amarant (ro) m
• Russian: красно-пурпурный цвет (ru) (krasno-purpúrnyj cvet) m, амарантовый цвет (ru) (amarántovyj cvet) m, пурпурно-красный цвет (ru) (purpúrno-krásnyj cvet) m
• Spanish: amaranto (es) m
• Swahili: rangi ya amarantho (sw)

seed

• German: Amarant (de) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 白莧, 白苋
• Korean: 비름

• Serbo-Croatian: trator m, trtunčica f, štir m
• Spanish: amaranto m

External links

• Amaranth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia