cumin

English

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

Etymology

From Old English cymen and Old French cummin, both from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon). Cognate with Old High German kumin. Ultimately from a Semitic root, whence Hebrew כמון‏ (kammon) and Arabic كَمُّون‏ (kammūn). Possibly related to caraway.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmɪn/, /ˈkjuːmɪn/, enPR: kŭmʹĭn, kyo͞oʹmĭn
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkumɪn/, /ˈkjumɪn/, /ˈkʌmɪn/, /ˈkʊmɪn/, enPR: ko͞oʹmĭn
• Rhymes: -ʌmɪn, -juːmɪn

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, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.

Translations

plant Cuminum cyminum

• Arabic: كَمُّون‏‎ m (kammūn)

  Egyptian Arabic: كمون‏‎ m (kammūn)

• Armenian: չաման (hy) (čʿaman), քեմոն (hy) (kʿemon)
• Bulgarian: кимион m (kimion)
• Catalan: comí (ca) 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 (nl) m, kummel (nl) m
• Esperanto: kumino
• Finnish: roomankumina (fi), juustokumina (fi)
• French: cumin (fr) m
• Galician: comiño m
• Georgian: ძირა (ʒira), კვლიავი (ḳvliavi), ზირა (zira)
• German: Kreuzkümmel (de) m
• Greek: κύμινο (el) n (kýmino)
• Hebrew: כמון‏‎ (he) m (kamon)
• Hindi: ज़ीरा (zīrā), जीरा (hi) (jīrā)
• 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)
• Malay: jintan putih
• Maltese: kemmun m
• Norwegian: spisskummen, spisskarve
• Persian: زیره‏‎ (fa) (zire)
• Polish: kmin rzymski (pl) m
• Portuguese: cominho m
• Romanian: chimion (ro) m
• Russian: тмин (ru) m (tmin)
• Spanish: comino (es) m
• Swahili: mjira
• Swedish: spiskummin (sv) n
• Tagalog: komino
• Tamil: சீரகம் (ta) (cīrakam)
• Thai: เทียนขาว (tian kăao)
• Turkish: kimyon (tr)
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: komenaplan

its seed used as spice

• Arabic: كَمُّون‏‎ m (kammūn)

  Egyptian Arabic: كمون‏‎ m (kammūn)

• Armenian: չաման (hy) (čʿaman), քեմոն (hy) (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 (nl) m, komijnzaad (nl) n, kummel (nl) m
• Finnish: juustokumina (fi), jeera (fi)
• French: cumin (fr) m
• Galician: comiño m
• Georgian: კვლიავი (ḳvliavi), ძირა (ʒira), ზირა (zira)
• German: Kreuzkümmel (de) m
• Greek: κύμινο (el) n (kýmino)
• Hawaiian: kumino
• Hebrew: כמון‏‎ (he) m (kamon)

• Hindi: ज़ीरा (zīrā), जीरा (hi) (jīrā)
• 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
• Tagalog: komino
• Tamil: சீரகம் (ta) (cīrakam)
• Thai: ยี่หร่า (yîi ràa) (also fennel)
• Uyghur: زىرە‏‎ (zire)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} כמון‏‎
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} जीरा (jīrā)

• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} Ким (Kim)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} சீரகம் (ta) (cīrakam)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} kimyon

See also

• ground

Anagrams

• Numic, mucin

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French

Etymology

From Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), itself of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cumin m (plural cumins)

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

Further reading

• “cumin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Vallader) cumün

Etymology

From Medieval Latin commūnia, neuter plural of Latin commūnis.

Noun

cumin m (plural cumins)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) village

Synonyms

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