ginger

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 Derived terms 1.7 Related terms 1.8 See also 1.9 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Late Old English ġingiber, from Latin gingiber, earlier zingiber, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις, from Prakrit  (siŋgabēra), from Sanskrit, from Malayalam ഇഞ്ചി (inchi), from Tamil இஞ்ஜி (inji) (directly).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdʒɪndʒə/

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ginger (countable and uncountable; plural gingers)

1. Any plant of a genus (Zingiber, especially Zingiber officinale) of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian herbs of a family (Zingiberaceae, the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative.
2. The rhizome of this plant used as a spice either as it is or in dried powdered form.
3. (colour) A reddish-brown colour/color.

   ginger colour:

4. (colloquial, derogatory) (countable) A person with reddish-brown hair.

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• Slovak: ďumbier m. (1), hrdzúň m. ()

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ginger (comparative more ginger, superlative most ginger)

1. (used to describe hair) Of a reddish-brown colour.
2. flavoured with ginger.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang, derogatory) Queer (ie, homosexual) (short for ginger beer, rhyming with queer).

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[edit] Verb

to ginger

1. to treat with care

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• galangal

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of egginr
• nigger