cumin

English

Cumin (spice): whole seeds, left; ground into powder, right.

Etymology

From Old English cymen, from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), itself of Semitic origin; cognate with Old High German kumin, and via Semitic route related to Hebrew כמון (kammon) and Arabic كمون (kammūn).

Pronunciation

Wikipedia

• (UK) enPR: kŭmʹĭn, IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmɪn/ or enPR: kyo͞oʹmĭn, IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːmɪn/
• (US) as UK pronunciation, or enPR: ko͞oʹmĭn, IPA^(key): /ˈkuːmɪn/
• Rhymes: -ʌmɪn

Noun

cumin (usually uncountable, plural cumins)

1. The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.

   Cumin is native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India.

2. Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian and Mexican cookery.

Translations

plant Cuminum cyminum

• Arabic: كمون m (kammūn)

  Egyptian Arabic: كمون m (kammūn)

• Armenian: չաման (čʿaman), քեմոն (kʿemon)
• Bulgarian: кимион m (kimion)
• Catalan: comí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孜然 (zh) (zīrán), 安息茴香 (zh) (ānxī huíxiāng), 阿拉伯茴香 (zh) (Ālābó huíxiāng)

• Czech: římský kmín m
• Danish: spidskommen
• Dutch: komijn m, kummel m
• Esperanto: kumino
• Finnish: roomankumina (fi), juustokumina
• French: cumin (fr) m
• German: Kreuzkümmel (de) m
• Greek: κύμινο (el) n (kýmino)
• Hebrew: כמון m (kamon)
• Hungarian: római kömény (hu)
• Ido: kumino (io)

• Indonesian: jintan putih (id)
• Italian: cumino (it) m
• Japanese: クミン (kumin), ヒメウイキョウ (himeikyō)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 커민 (keomin)
• Maltese: kemmun m
• Norwegian: spisskummen, spisskarve
• Persian: زیره (fa) (zire)
• Polish: kmin rzymski m
• Portuguese: cominho m
• Romanian: chimion (ro) m
• Russian: тмин (ru) m (tmin)
• Spanish: comino (es) m
• Swahili: mjira
• Swedish: spiskummin (sv) n
• Tamil: சீரகம் (ta) (cīrakam)
• Thai: ขมิ้น (th) (kàmîn)
• Turkish: kimyon (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: komenaplan

its seed used as spice

• Arabic: كمون m (kammūn)

  Egyptian Arabic: كمون m (kammūn)

• Armenian: չաման (čʿaman), քեմոն (kʿemon)
• Bengali: জিরা (jirā)
• Bulgarian: кимион m (kimion)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孜然 (zh) (zīrán), 安息茴香 (zh) (ānxī huíxiāng), 阿拉伯茴香 (zh) (Ālābó huíxiāng)

• Czech: římský kmín m
• Danish: spidskommen
• Dutch: komijn m, komijnzaad n, kummel m
• Finnish: juustokumina, jeera
• French: cumin (fr) m
• Georgian: კვლიავი (kvliavi)
• German: Kreuzkümmel (de) m
• Greek: κύμινο (el) n (kýmino)
• Hebrew: כמון m (kamon)

• Hungarian: római kömény (hu)
• Icelandic: broddkúmen n
• Italian: cumino (it) m
• Japanese: クミンの実 (kumin no mi)
• Norwegian: spisskummen, spisskarve
• Polish: kminek (pl) m
• Portuguese: cominho m
• Romanian: chimion (ro) m
• Russian: тмин (ru) m (tmin)
• Spanish: comino (es) m
• Swahili: jira class 9/10
• Swedish: spiskummin (sv) n
• Tamil: சீரகம் (ta) (cīrakam)
• Thai: ขมิ้น (th)
• Uyghur: زىرە (zire)

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Translations to be checked

• Galician: comiño
• Hebrew: כמון
• Hindi: जीरा

• Macedonian: Ким (Kim)
• Tamil: சீரகம் (ta) (cīrakam)
• Turkish: kimyon

Anagrams

• mucin

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French

Etymology

From Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek (kyminon), itself of Semitic origin

Pronunciation

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Noun

cumin m (plural cumins)

1. The plant cumin
2. Its seed, a spice

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Vallader) cumün

Noun

cumin m (plural cumins)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) village

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) vischnanca
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) vitg