sumac

English

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Alternative forms

• shumac
• sumach

Etymology

Old French sumac, from Medieval Latin sumach, from Arabic سُمَّاق‎ (summāq), from Classical Syriac ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqāʾ, “red; sumac”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈsuːmæk/

Noun

sumac (usually uncountable; plural sumacs)

1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus including the poison ivy and poison oak.
2. A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean made from the berries of the plant.

Derived terms

• poison sumac

Translations

shrub or small tree

• Arabic: سماق (ar) (summāq)
• Armenian: աղտոր (hy) (aġtor)
• Catalan: sumac (ca) m
• Cheyenne: no'aneonó'e
• Esperanto: sumako (eo)
• Finnish: sumakki (fi)
• French: sumac (fr) m
• Georgian: თუთუბო (ka) (t'ut'ubo)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ῥοῦς (rhoũs) m

• Ido: sumako (io)

• Japanese: (general) 漆の木 (ja) (うるしのき, urushi-no-ki); (formal, biology) ウルシノキ (ja) (うるしのき, urushi-no-ki)
• Navajo: kʼįįʼ
• Persian: سماق (fa) (somāq)
• Polish: sumak (pl) m
• Russian: сумах (ru) (sumáx) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: руј (sh) m, сумах (sh) m, сумак (sh) m

  Roman: ruj (sh) m, sumah (sh) m, sumak (sh) m

• Spanish: zumaque (es) m
• Swahili: mchengele (sw)
• Turkish: sumak (tr)

sour spice

• Arabic: سماق (ar) (summāq)
• Armenian: աղտոր (hy) (aġtor)
• Catalan: sumac (ca) m
• Finnish: sumakki (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: スーマック (ja) (すーまっく, sūmakku)

• Navajo: chiiłchin
• Persian: سماق (fa) (somāq)
• Russian: сумах (ru) (sumáx) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: руј (sh) m, сумах (sh) m, сумак (sh) m

  Roman: ruj (sh) m, sumah (sh) m, sumak (sh) m

• Turkish: sumak (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Azeri:

  Cyrillic: сумаг (az)

  Roman: sumaq (az)

• Bulgarian: сумак (bg) (sumak) m
• French: sumac (fr) m
• Greek: σουμάκι, ρούδι
• Hebrew: סומאק (he) (sumak)

• Kurdish: simaq (ku)
• Urdu: سماق (ur) (summāq)

Anagrams

• Musca

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Catalan

Noun

sumac m (plural sumacs)

1. sumac

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Old French

Noun

sumac m (oblique plural sumas, nominative singular sumas, nominative plural sumac)

1. sumac

Descendants

• English: sumac (borrowed)
• French: sumac