fennel

See also: Fennel and fennél

English

The plant Foeniculum vulgare (1).

Fennel bulbs (2).

Fennel seed (3).

Etymology

From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Old French fenoil, from the Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, fēnoclum, from Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo. Doublet of finocchio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnəl/

• Audio (RP):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnəl

Noun

fennel (usually uncountable, plural fennels)

1. A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
2. (cooking) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
3. (cooking) The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.

Synonyms

• sweet anise

Derived terms

• dog fennel
• hog’s fennel
• meridian fennel
• sweet fennel
• water fennel
• Florence fennel

Translations

Foeniculum vulgare, the plant

• Akkadian: 𒌑𒄩 m (šimru, simru)
• Albanian: netër (sq) m, maraj (sq) m, mërajë m, maraq (sq) m
• Arabic: شَمَر m (šamar)

  Egyptian Arabic: شمر m pl (šamar)

  Moroccan Arabic: بسباس (basbās)

• Aragonese: finollo m, fenollo
• Aramaic:

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: סִימְרָא m (simrā)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: שומרא m (šummārā)

  Classical Syriac: ܫܲܡܵܪܵܐ m (šammārā), ܫܘܼܡܵܪܵܐ m (šummārā)

• Armenian: ռազիան (hy) (ṙazian), հոռոմ սամիթ (hoṙom samitʻ), շումրա (šumra)
• Basque: mihilu
• Bulgarian: див копър m (div kopǎr), сминд m (smind)
• Burmese: စမုန်စပါး (my) (ca.munca.pa:)
• Catalan: fonoll (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茴香 (zh) (huíxiāng)

• Czech: fenykl m
• Danish: fennikel c
• Dutch: venkel (nl) m
• Esperanto: fenkolo
• Estonian: harilik apteegitill
• Finnish: fenkoli (fi), saksankumina (fi)
• French: fenouil (fr) m
• Friulian: fenoli m
• Galician: fiúncho (gl) m, fruncho m, fionllo m, xiollo m
• Georgian: ცერეცო (cereco)
• German: Fenchel (de) m
• Greek: μάραθο (el) n (máratho)

  Ancient: μάραθον n (márathon)

• Gujarati: વરિયાળી (variyāḷī)
• Hebrew: שֻׁמָּר (he) (šummā́r), גּוּפְנָן (gup̄nān)
• Hiligaynon: inóho
• Hungarian: édeskömény (hu)
• Icelandic: fennikka f
• Indonesian: adas (id)
• Irish: finéal m
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• Istriot: fanucio m
• Italian: finocchio (it) m
• Japanese: 茴香 (ja) (uikyō)
• Kannada: ಸೊಂಪು (kn) (sompu)
• Korean: 회향 (ko) (hoehyang)
• Ladino: finojo
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: fēnuculum n
• Macedonian: морач m (morač), коморач m (komorač)
• Malay: adas landi, adas pedas
• Malayalam: പെരുംജീരകം (peruñjīrakaṁ)
• Maltese: bużbież m
• Maori: taru haunga
• Middle English: fenel, fenkel
• Norman: fanon f
• Occitan: fenolh (oc) m
• Old English: finul m
• Persian: رازیانه (fa) (râziyâne)
• Polish: fenkuł (pl) m, koper (pl) m
• Portuguese: funcho (pt) m, erva-doce (pt) f
• Romanian: fenicul (ro)
• Russian: фе́нхель (ru) m (fénxelʹ)
• Sardinian: fenugu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коморач m, коромач m

  Roman: komorač (sh) m, koromač (sh) m

• Slovak: fenikel (sk) m
• Slovene: koromač (sl) m, komarček m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kopśica f, kopš m

• Spanish: hinojo (es) m
• Swahili: mshamari
• Swedish: fänkål (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ผักชีล้อม
• Turkish: rezene (tr)
• Ukrainian: фе́нхель m (fénxelʹ)
• Welsh: ffenigl m, ffunell f
• Westrobothnian: , , ,

bulb, leaves, or stalks eaten as a vegetable

• Arabic: شَمَر m (šamar)

  Egyptian Arabic: شمر m pl (shamar)

  Moroccan Arabic: بسباس (basbās)

• Aragonese: finollo m
• Bulgarian: див копър m (div kopǎr), сминд m (smind)
• Danish: fennikel c
• Estonian: fenkol
• Finnish: fenkoli (fi)
• Georgian: ცერეცო (cereco)
• Greek: μάραθο (el) n (máratho) (leaves), φοινόκιο n (foinókio) (bulb)

  Ancient: μάραθον n (márathon)

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• Gujarati: વરિયાળી (variyāḷī)
• Italian: finocchio (it) m
• Japanese: フィノッキオ (finokkio)
• Kannada: ಸೊಂಪು (kn) (sompu)
• Maltese: bużbież m
• Persian: رازیانه (fa) (râziyâne)
• Polish: fenkuł (pl) m, koper włoski (pl) m
• Portuguese: funcho (pt) m
• Russian: фе́нхель (ru) m (fénxelʹ)
• Slovene: koromač (sl) m
• Swedish: fänkål (sv) c
• Ukrainian: фе́нхель m (fénxelʹ)

spice used in cooking

• Afrikaans: vinkel
• Akkadian: 𒌑𒄩 m (šimru, simru)
• Arabic: شَمَر m (šamar)

  Egyptian Arabic: شمر m pl (šamar)

• Aramaic:

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: סִימְרָא m (simrā)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: שומרא m (šummārā)

  Classical Syriac: ܫܲܡܵܪܵܐ m (šammārā), ܫܘܼܡܵܪܵܐ m (šummārā)

• Aragonese: finollo m
• Czech: fenykl m
• Danish: fennikel c
• Dutch: venkel (nl) m
• Estonian: fenkol
• Finnish: fenkoli (fi)
• Galician: fiúncho (gl) m
• Georgian: ცერეცო (cereco)
• German: Fenchel (de) m
• Greek: μάραθο (el) n (máratho)
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• Gujarati: વરિયાળી (variyāḷī)
• Hindi: सौफ (hi) (sauph)
• Hungarian: édeskömény (hu)
• Italian: finocchio (it) m
• Japanese: フェンネル (fenneru)
• Kannada: ಸೊಂಪು (kn) (sompu)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: морач m (morač), коморач m (komorač)
• Malayalam: പെരുംജീരകം (peruñjīrakaṁ)
• Persian: رازیانه (fa) (râziyâne)
• Polish: koper włoski (pl) m, fenkuł włoski (pl) m
• Portuguese: funcho (pt) m
• Russian: фе́нхель (ru) m (fénxelʹ)
• Slovene: koromač (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kopśica f, kopš m

• Spanish: hinojo (es) m
• Swahili: shamari
• Swedish: fänkål (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: rezene (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} maraj (sq) m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} fenkolo
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• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} bużbież m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} molură (ro) f

Further reading

• fennel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia