herb

See also Herb

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin herba.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Australian) enPR: hû(r)b, IPA: /hɜː(ɹ)b/, SAMPA: /h3:(r)b/
• (US, h-dropping) enPR: ûrb, IPA: /ɜːɹb/, SAMPA: /3:rb/
• (US, h-pronouncing) enPR: hûrb, IPA: /ˈhɜrb/ SAMPA: /h3:rb/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)b
• US pronunciation of the word varies; some speakers include the h-sound and others omit it. Individual speakers are consistent in their choice, but the choice does not appear to be correlated with any regional, socioeconomic, or educational distinctions.

Noun

herb (plural herbs)

1. Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food.
2. Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
3. (slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.
4. (botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season

Synonyms

• (marijuana): grass, weed

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:seasoning

Derived terms

• herbs and spices

Related terms

• herbaceous
• herbage
• herbal
• herbarium
• herbicidal
• herbicide
• herbivore
• herbivorous
• herbed up (euphemistic slang, marijuana)

Translations

plant used to flavour food

Catalan: herba (ca) f. Chinese: 香草 (cmn) (xiāng cǎo) Danish: urt (da) Dutch: kruid (nl) Esperanto: herbo (eo) Faroese: urt (fo) f. Finnish: yrtti (fi) French: herbe (fr) f. German: Kraut (de) n. Greek: χορταρικό (el) (chortarikó) n. Ido: herbo (io) Italian: erba aromatica (it) f., erba (it) f., odori (it)

Japanese: 香草 (ja) (こうそう, kōsō), ハーブ (ja) (hābu) Korean: 향초 (ko) (hyangcho) Marathi: शाक (mr), ओषधी (mr), हरितक (mr), वनस्पति (mr), तृणादि (mr) Norwegian: urt (no) m. Polish: zioło (pl) n. Portuguese: erva (pt) f. Scottish Gaelic: luibh (gd) m. and f., lus (gd) m. Slovene: zelišče (sl) n., začimba (sl) f. Spanish: hierba (es) f. Swedish: ört (sv) Volapük: keb (vo)

plant used in medicine

Catalan: herba (ca) f. Chinese: 草药 (cǎo yào) Czech: bylina (cs) f. Dutch: kruid (nl) Finnish: yrtti (fi) German: Heilkraut (de) n. Greek: βότανο (el) (vótano) n. Hungarian: gyógynövény (hu), gyógyfű (hu) Ido: herboro (io)

Italian: erba medicinale (it) f. Japanese: 薬草 (ja) (やくそう, yakusō) Korean: 약초 (ko) (hyakcho) Norwegian: urt (no) m. Polish: zioło (pl) n. Scottish Gaelic: luibh (gd) m. and f., lus (gd) m. Swedish: ört (sv) Telugu: మూలిక (te) (moolika) Volapük: sanakeb (vo)

slang: marijuana

Finnish: ruoho (fi) French: herbe (fr) f. Greek: χόρτο (el) (chórto) n. Italian: erba (it) f. Norwegian: gress (no) n. Polish: zioło (pl) n.

Russian: травка (ru) f., трава (ru) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тра́ва (sh) f. Roman: tráva (sh) f. Spanish: hierba (es) f. Swedish: gräs (sv)

Anagrams

• Hebr.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German hare, from Old High German *haro, from Proto-Germanic *harwaz.

Adjective

herb (comparative herber, superlative am herbsten)

1. tart, bitter
2. harsh

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /xɛrp/

Noun

herb m.

1. (heraldry) coat of arms

Declension

    declension of herb

	singular	plural
nominative	herb	herby
genitive	herbu	herbów
dative	herbowi	herbom
accusative	herb	herby
instrumental	herbem	herbami
locative	herbie	herbach
vocative	herbie	herby