coriandre
French
Etymology
From Old French coriandre, borrowed from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίανδρον (koríandron).
Pronunciation
Noun
coriandre f (plural coriandres)
- (countable) coriander (the plant)
- (uncountable) coriander (the herb and spice)
Further reading
- “coriandre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon).
Noun
coriandre oblique singular, f (oblique plural coriandres, nominative singular coriandre, nominative plural coriandres)
- coriander
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 165 of this essay:
- les doit on cuire en plante d’eaue avec d’orge et avec coriandre nouvelle ou laictue ou avec fruitz frois
- one must cook them with barley, fresh coriander or lettuce or with cold fruits
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