cinnamon

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Sticks of true cinnamon

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek κίνναμον, from Phoenician, cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן (qinnāmōn).

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈsɪn.ə.mən/, X-SAMPA: /"sIn.@.m@n/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɪn.ə.mən/, X-SAMPA: /"sIn.@.m@n/

Noun

cinnamon (countable and uncountable; plural cinnamons)

1. (countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
2. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
3. (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. The product made of Cinnamomum verum is sometimes referred to as true cinnamon.
4. (countable) A yellowish-brown colour, the color of cinnamon.

   cinnamon colour:

Derived terms

• cinnamic acid
• cinnamon bear
• cinnamon fern
• cinnamon stick
• cinnamon stone

Translations

Cinnamomum verum

• Breton: gwez-kanell (br) collective noun
• Bulgarian: канелено дърво (bg) (kaneleno dǎrvo) n, канела (bg) (kanela) f
• Catalan: canyeller (ca) m, caneller (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肉桂 (cmn) (ròuguì), 桂皮 (cmn) (guìpí)

• Czech: skořicovník (cs) m
• Dutch: kaneelboom (nl) m
• Finnish: ceyloninkaneli (fi), kanelipuu (fi)
• French: cannelier (fr) m
• German: Zimtbaum (de) m
• Greek: καννέλα (el) (kannéla) f
• Hungarian: fahéjfa (hu)
• Icelandic: kaniltré (is) n, kanill (is) m
• Indonesian: kayumanis (id)
• Italian: cannella (it) f
• Japanese: ニッケイ (ja) (にっけい, nikkei)

• Latin: cinnamōmum (la) n, cinnamum (la) n
• Norwegian: kaneltre (no) n
• Polish: cynamonowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: caneleira (pt) f
• Romanian: arbor de scorțișoară m
• Russian: коричное дерево (ru) (koríčnoje dérevo) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цимет (sh) m

  Roman: cimet (sh) m

• Slovak: škorica (sk) f
• Spanish: canela (es) f
• Swedish: äkta kanel (sv) c, kanel (sv) c
• Thai: อบเชย (th)
• Turkish: tarçın ağacı (tr)
• Vietnamese: cây quế
• Volapük: kirfatep (vo), kirfatabim (vo)

any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum

• Catalan: canyeller (ca) m, caneller (ca) m
• Finnish: kanelipuu (fi)

• Spanish: canelo (es) m
• Swedish: kanel (sv) c

spice

• Amharic: ቀረፋ (am) (qäräfa)
• Arabic: قِرْفة (ar) (qirfa(t)) f

  Egyptian Arabic: قرفة (qirfa(t)) f

• Armenian: դարչին (hy) (darčin)
• Breton: kanell (br) m
• Bulgarian: канела (bg) (kanela) f
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Chinese: rou4gui4 (肉桂)
• Czech: skořice (cs) f
• Danish: kanel (da) c
• Dutch: kaneel (nl) n
• Esperanto: cinamo (eo)
• Finnish: kaneli (fi)
• French: cannelle (fr) f
• German: Zimt (de) m, Kaneel (de) m
• Greek: καννέλα (el) (kannéla) f
• Hebrew: קינמון (he) (qinamon) m
• Hungarian: fahéj (hu)
• Icelandic: kanill (is) m, kanell (is) m
• Indonesian: kayumanis (id)
• Irish: cainéal (ga) m
• Italian: cannella (it) f

• Japanese: シナモン (ja) (shinamon), 肉桂 (ja) (にっき, nikki; にっけい, nikkei)
• Jèrriais: cannelle f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دارچین (ku) (Darchin)

• Latin: cinnamum (la) n
• Macedonian: цимет (mk) (címet) m
• Norwegian: kanel (no)
• Persian: دارچین (fa)
• Polish: cynamon (pl) m
• Portuguese: canela (pt) f
• Romanian: scorțișoară (ro) f
• Russian: корица (ru) (korítsa) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цимет (sh) m

  Roman: cimet (sh) m

• Slovene: cimet (sl) m
• Spanish: canela (es) f
• Swedish: kanel (sv) c
• Turkish: tarçın (tr)
• Vietnamese: quế (vi)
• Volapük: kirfat (vo)
• Welsh: synamon (cy) m

colour

• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Dutch: kaneelkleur (nl) f
• Finnish: kanelinruskea (fi)
• Greek: κανελής (el) (kanelís) m
• Icelandic: kanilbrúnn (is) m
• Italian: cannella (it)

• Japanese: 肉桂色 (ja) (にっけいしょく, nikkeishoku)
• Norwegian: kanelfarge (no) m
• Spanish: color canela (es)
• Vietnamese: (màu) nâu vàng
• Volapük: kirfataköl (vo)

Adjective

cinnamon (not comparable)

1. Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
2. Of a yellowish-brown colour.

Translations

flavour

• Bulgarian: канелен (bg) (kanelen)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Dutch: kaneelachtig (nl), met kaneelsmaak
• Finnish: kaneli-, kanelinmakuinen (fi)
• Hungarian: fahéjas (hu)

• Italian: di cannella (it)
• Japanese: シナモン味の (shinamonaji no)
• Portuguese: canela (pt) f
• Russian: коричный (ru) (koríčnyj)
• Vietnamese: (hương vị) quế

colour

• Bulgarian: канелен (bg) (kanelen)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Dutch: kaneelkleurig (nl)
• Finnish: kanelinruskea (fi)
• French: cannelle (fr) (invariable)

• Italian: cannella (it)
• Japanese: 肉桂色の (にっけいしょくの, nikkeishoku no)
• Vietnamese: (màu) quế
• Volapük: kirfatakölik (vo)

See also

• essonite, hessonite
• five-spice powder
• red-hot
• red hotspicy candy
• Appendix:Colors

External links

• cinnamon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• cinnamon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• cinnamon at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• nonmanic