fenugreek

English

Etymology

Wikipedia

From Latin foenum (“hay”) (variant of faenum) + Graecum (“Greek”) (neuter form of Graecus), “Greek hay”.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈfɛnjʊˌɡriːk], [ˈfɛnjəˌɡriːk]

Noun

Fenugreek seeds

fenugreek (usually uncountable; plural fenugreeks)

1. A spice made from the seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum, used in Indian and Thai cooking.

Translations

spice

Danish: bukkehorn (da) Dutch: honingklaver (nl), fenegriek (nl) Finnish: sarviapila (fi) French: fenugrec (fr) German: Bockshornklee (de) m. Greek: τριγωνέλλα (el) (trigonélla) f., (colloquial) νυχάκι (el) (nycháki) n. Hungarian: görögszéna (hu)

Italian: trigonella (it) f. Norwegian: bukkehornkløver (no) Persian: شنبلیله (fa) (shanbelile) Slovene: grško seno (sl) n. Spanish: alholva (es) f., fenogreco (es) m. Swedish: bockhornsklöver (sv) c. Tamil: வெந்தயம் (ta) (ventiyam)