cinnamon

See also: Cinnamon

English

Sticks of

Etymology

From Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamōmum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), later κίνναμον (kínnamon), probably to be explained as “Chinese amomum”, ἄμωμον (ámōmon) being, only cognate to Classical Syriac ܚܡܵܡܵܐ (ḥəmāmā) and Arabic حَمَامَا (ḥamāmā), a phytonym of lost provenience for a varied genus Amomum of spice and drug plants; compare for this composition the Iranian designation دارچین (dârčin, literally “Chinese tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mən/, /ˈsɪn.ə.mɪn/
  • (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ.mɪn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

cinnamon (countable and uncountable, plural cinnamons)

1. (countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
2. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon () and Chinese cinnamon or cassia ( or Cinnamomum cassia).
3. (chiefly uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above.
   1. true cinnamon, the product made of Cinnamomum verum
4. (countable) A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.

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Derived terms

Derived terms

• Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
• Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
• cinnamic acid
• cinnamon bark ()
• cinnamon bear ()
• cinnamon fern
• cinnamon stick

• cinnamon stone
• Indian cinnamon ()
• Indonesian cinnamon ()
• Malabar cinnamon ()
• oil of cinnamon
• Saigon cinnamon ()
• Sri Lanka cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
• true cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
• Vietnamese cinnamon ()
• white cinnamon ()
• wild cinnamon ()

Translations

Cinnamomum verum

• Arabic: قِرْفَة f (qirfa)

  Hijazi Arabic: قرفة (girfa)

  Moroccan Arabic: قرفة (qarfa)

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܕܪܨܝܢܝ (dārṣīnī), ܨܝܢܕܪܓ (ṣīndreḡ)

• Armenian: դարչին (hy) (darčʻin)
• Assamese: দালচেনি (dalseni)
• Azerbaijani: darçın (az)
• Bengali: দারচিনি (darcini), দারুচিনি (darucini)
• Bikol Central: kanela
• Breton: gwez-kanell collective noun
• Bulgarian: канелено дърво n (kaneleno dǎrvo), канела (bg) f (kanela)
• Burmese: သစ်ကြံပိုးပင် (sackrampui:pang)
• Catalan: canyeller m, caneller m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肉桂 (zh) (ròuguì), 桂皮 (zh) (guìpí)

• Czech: skořicovník m
• Dhivehi: ފޮނި ތޮށި (foni toṣi)
• Dutch: kaneelboom (nl) m
• Finnish: ceyloninkaneli, kanelipuu (fi)
• French: cannelier (fr) m
• Georgian: დარიჩინი (daričini)
• German: Zimtbaum (de) m
• Greek: κανέλα (el) f (kanéla)
• Gujarati: તજ (gu) (taj)
• Hebrew: קִנָּמוֹן (he) m (qinnāmṓn)
• Hindi: दालचीनी (hi) (dālcīnī)
• Hungarian: fahéjfa (hu)
• Icelandic: kaniltré n, kanill (is) m
• Indonesian: kayumanis
• Italian: cannella (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: セイロン肉桂 (Seiron nikkei)
• Javanese: ꦏꦪꦸꦩꦤꦶꦱ꧀ (kayu manis)
• Kannada: ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ (kn) (dālcinni)
• Latin: cinnamōmum n, cinnamum n
• Malayalam: കറുവ (ml) (kaṟuva)
• Maltese: kannella (mt) f
• Mongolian: шанц (šanc)
• Nepali: दालचिनी (ne) (dālacinī)
• Norwegian: kaneltre n
• Persian: دارچین (fa)
• Polish: cynamonowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: caneleira f
• Romanian: scorțișor (ro) m
• Russian: кори́чное де́рево n (koríčnoje dérevo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цимет m

  Roman: cimet (sh) m

• Slovak: škoricovník (sk) m
• Spanish: canelo (es) m
• Swahili: mdalasini
• Swedish: äkta kanel c, kanel (sv) c
• Tagalog: kanela
• Thai: อบเชย (òp-chəəi)
• Tibetan: ཤིང་ཚ (shing tsha)
• Turkish: tarçın ağacı
• Vietnamese: cây quế
• Volapük: kirfatep, kirfatabim

any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum

• Catalan: canyeller m, caneller m
• Finnish: kanelipuu (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 肉桂 (nikkei)
• Spanish: canelo (es) m
• Swedish: kanel (sv) c

spice

• Amharic: ቀረፋ (ḳäräfa)
• Arabic: قِرْفَة f (qirfa)

  Egyptian Arabic: قرفة f (ʔerfa)

  Hijazi Arabic: قرفة f (girfa)

• Aramaic:

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דַּרְצִינִי (darṣīnī)

• Armenian: դարչին (hy) (darčʻin)

  Old Armenian: դարիճենիկ (daričenik)

• Azerbaijani: darçın (az)
• Belarusian: кары́ца f (karýca), цынамо́н m (cynamón) (taraškievica)
• Breton: kanell m
• Brunei Malay: kayu manis
• Bulgarian: канела (bg) f (kanela)
• Burmese: သစ်ကြံပိုး (my) (sackrampui:)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Chinese: rou4gui4 (肉桂)

  Cantonese: 肉桂 (juk⁶ gwai³)

• Crimean Tatar: tarçın
• Czech: skořice (cs) f
• Danish: kanel (da) c
• Dutch: kaneel (nl) n
• Esperanto: cinamo
• Finnish: kaneli (fi)
• French: cannelle (fr) f
• Galician: canela (gl) f
• Georgian: დარიჩინი (daričini)
• German: Zimt (de) m, Kaneel m
• Greek: κανέλα (el) f (kanéla)

  Ancient: κινάμωμον n (kinámōmon)

• Hausa: kirfa (ha)
• Hebrew: קינמון (he) m (qinnāmṓn)
• Hindi: दारचीनी (hi) f (dārcīnī)
• Hungarian: fahéj (hu)
• Icelandic: kanill (is) m, kanell m
• Indonesian: kayumanis
• Irish: cainéal m
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• Italian: cannella (it) f
• Japanese: シナモン (ja) (shinamon), 肉桂 (nikki, nikkei)
• Kabuverdianu: kanéla
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

  Sorani: دارچین (darçîn)

• Latin: cinnamōmum n, cinnamum n
• Low German: Kaneel (nds) m
• Macedonian: цимет m (cimet)
• Malay: kayu manis
• Maori: hinamona
• Navajo: tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ tsin bikáshtʼóózh bitáʼahí bił éʼélʼíní
• Norman: cannelle f
• Norwegian: kanel (no)
• Persian: دارچین (fa)
• Polish: cynamon (pl) m
• Portuguese: canela (pt) f
• Romanian: scorțișoară (ro) f
• Russian: кори́ца (ru) f (koríca)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цимет m

  Roman: cimet (sh) m

• Slovak: škorica (sk) f
• Slovene: cimet (sl) m
• Spanish: canela (es) f
• Swahili: dalasini
• Swedish: kanel (sv) c
• Tagalog: kanela
• Tatar: дарчин (tt) (darçin)
• Thai: อบเชย (òp-chəəi)
• Turkish: tarçın (tr)
• Uzbek: torchin
• Vietnamese: quế (vi)
• Volapük: kirfat
• Welsh: synamon m
• Yiddish: צימרינג m (tsimring), צימערינג m (tsimering)

colour

• Armenian: դարչնագույն (hy) (darčʻnaguyn)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Dutch: kaneelkleur f
• Finnish: kanelinruskea
• French: cannelle (fr) m
• Galician: canela (gl) f
• Greek: κανελί (el) n (kanelí)
• Hungarian: fahéjbarna, fahéjszín
• Icelandic: kanilbrúnn m
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• Italian: cannella (it)
• Japanese: 肉桂色 (nikkei-iro)
• Norwegian: kanelfarge m
• Polish: cynamonowy (pl)
• Portuguese: canela (pt) m
• Spanish: color canela m
• Vietnamese: (màu) nâu vàng
• Volapük: kirfataköl

Adjective

cinnamon (not comparable)

1. Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
2. Of a yellowish-brown color.

Translations

flavor

• Bulgarian: канелен (kanelen)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Dutch: kaneelachtig, met kaneelsmaak
• Finnish: kaneli-, kanelinmakuinen
• German: Zimt (de) m
• Hungarian: fahéjas
• Italian: di cannella
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: シナモン味の (shinamon aji no)
• Polish: cynamonowy (pl)
• Portuguese: de canela
• Russian: кори́чный (ru) (koríčnyj)
• Slovak: škoricový (sk)
• Vietnamese: (hương vị) quế

color

• Bulgarian: канелен (kanelen)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Dutch: kaneelkleurig
• Finnish: kanelinruskea
• French: cannelle (fr)
• Greek: κανελής (el) (kanelís)
• Hungarian: fahéjbarna
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cannella (it)
• Japanese: 肉桂色の (nikkei-iro no)
• Polish: cynamonowy (pl)
• Portuguese: canela (pt)
• Slovak: škoricový (sk)
• Vietnamese: (màu) quế
• Volapük: kirfatakölik

See also

• canella
• cassia
• essonite, hessonite
• five-spice powder
• red-hot
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• “cinnamon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “cinnamon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “cinnamon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• nonmanic