anise

See also: anisé and a-nise

English

Pimpinella anisum

Etymology

From Middle English anys, borrowed from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison), from Egyptian jnst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ɪs/
• IPA^(key): /æˈnis/
• IPA^(key): /əˈnis/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

anise (countable and uncountable, plural anises)

1. An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.
2. (US) Fennel.

Usage notes

• Although fennel is widely referred to as anise (even in books and articles), such usage is considered incorrect by many.

Derived terms

terms derived from anise

• anise hyssop
• anise seed
• aniseed
• anisette

• anisole
• Chinese anise
• star anise

Translations

plant

• Albanian: anasoni
• Arabic: أَنْسُون m (ʔansūn)

  Egyptian Arabic: يانسون m (yansuun)

• Armenian: անիսոն (hy) (anison)
• Bulgarian: анасон (bg) (anason)
• Catalan: anís (ca) m, matafaluga (ca) f
• Cebuano: anis, sangki
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茴芹 (zh) (huíqín)

• Czech: anýz m
• Danish: anis (da)
• Dutch: anijs (nl) m
• Esperanto: anizujo (plant); anizo (spice)
• Finnish: anisruoho (fi) (plant); anis (fi) (spice)
• French: anis (fr) m
• Galician: anís (gl) m
• German: Anis (de) m
• Greek: γλυκάνισος n (glykánisos), άνισον n (ánison), άνισο (el) n (ániso) (rare)

  Ancient: ἄνισον n (ánison)

• Hebrew: אניס
• Hungarian: ánizs (hu)
• Ido: anizo (io)
• Indonesian: adas manis (id)
• Irish: ainís f
• Italian: anice (it), anace m
• Japanese: アニス (anisu), 八角 (はっかく, hakkaku)
• Korean: 아니스 (aniseu)
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• Latin: anīsum (la) n
• Lithuanian: anyžius
• Luxembourgish: Anäis
• Macedonian: анасон m (anason), разијане n (razijane)
• Maltese: ħlewwa f
• Maori: kopoti, anihi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anis (no) m

  Nynorsk: anis m

• Persian: انیسون (fa) (anisun)
• Polish: anyż (pl) m
• Portuguese: anis (pt) m
• Romanian: anison (ro) m, anason (ro) m
• Russian: ани́с (ru) m (anís)
• Sardinian: anis
• Serbo-Croatian: anis (sh) m
• Slovak: aníz (sk) m
• Slovene: janež (sl) m
• Spanish: anís (es) m
• Swedish: anis (sv) c
• Tamil: சோம்பு (ta) (cōmpu)
• Turkish: anason (tr)

fennel — see fennel

See also

• five-spice powder
• mastika
• ouzo
• raki

Anagrams

• Aisne, IESNA, Saine, Siena, asine, isnae

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French

Verb

anise

1. inflection of aniser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• aînés, saine, seina

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Spanish

Verb

anise

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of anisar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of anisar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of anisar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of anisar.