marjoram

See also: Marjoram

English

The marjoram plant.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French majorane (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French marjolaine, Italian maggiorana, Portuguese manjerona, Spanish mejorana), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin maiorana, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹd͡ʒəɹəm/

Noun

marjoram (countable and uncountable, plural marjorams)

1. A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
   • 1592-1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XCIX

     The lily I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair

2. The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.

Translations

plant

• Armenian:

  Middle Armenian: մարզնկօշ (marznkōš)

  Old Armenian: մարզգոշ (marzgoš)

• Catalan: marduix m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨角蘭／墨角兰 (mòjiǎolán), 墨角兰 (mòjiǎolán)

• Czech: majoránka (cs) f
• Finnish: maustemeirami
• French: marjolaine (fr) f
• German: Majoran (de) m
• Greek: ματζουράνα (el) f (matzourána)

  Ancient: ἀμάρακον m (amárakon), σάμψουχον n (sámpsoukhon)

• Hungarian: majoránna (hu)
• Hunsrik: Maairon m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: majorano (io)
• Irish: oragán cumhra m
• Italian: maggiorana (it) f
• Korean: 마저럼 (majeoreom)
• Latin: amāracus (classical); maiorana, majorana (medieval)
• Norman: marjolaine f
• Old English: cyninges wyrt f
• Polish: majeranek (pl) m
• Portuguese: manjerona (pt) f
• Russian: майора́н (ru) m (majorán)
• Slovene: majaron (sl) m
• Spanish: mejorana (es) f, mayorana f, almoraduj (es)
• Tagalog: mehorana
• Welsh: penrhudd yr ardd f

culinary herb

• Catalan: marduix m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨角蘭／墨角兰 (mòjiǎolán), 墨角兰 (mòjiǎolán)

• Czech: majoránka (cs) f
• Danish: merian (da)
• Dutch: marjolein (nl)
• Finnish: meirami (fi)
• French: marjolaine (fr) f
• German: Majoran (de) m
• Greek: ματζουράνα (el) f (matzourána)

  Ancient: ἀμάρακος m (amárakos), σάμψουχον n (sámpsoukhon)

• Hungarian: majoránna (hu)
• Hunsrik: Maairon m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: oragán cumhra m
• Italian: maggiorana (it) f
• Korean: 마저럼 (majeoreom)
• Latin: amāracus (classical); maiorana, majorana (medieval)
• Norman: marjolaine f
• Polish: majeranek (pl) m
• Portuguese: manjerona (pt) f
• Russian: майора́н (ru) m (majorán)
• Slovene: majaron (sl) m
• Spanish: mejorana (es) f, mayorana f
• Swedish: mejram (sv)
• Tagalog: mehorana
• Welsh: penrhudd yr ardd f

References

• An etymological dictionary of the Latin language, 1828