oregano
English
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Etymology
From Spanish orégano (“wild marjoram”), from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
oregano (usually uncountable, plural oreganos)
- A herb of the mint family, Origanum vulgare, having aromatic leaves.
- Synonym: wild marjoram
- Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
- The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.
Derived terms
- Cuban oregano (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- English oregano (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Lebanese oregano (Origanum syriacum)
- Mexican oregano (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. and Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Mt. Pima oregano (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Spanish oregano (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Syrian oregano (Origanum syriacum)
Translations
plant
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leaves used to flavour food
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Further reading
Danish
Noun
oregano c (singular definite oreganoen, plural indefinite oreganoer)
Declension
Declension of oregano
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | oregano | oreganoen | oreganoer | oreganoerne |
genitive | oreganos | oreganoens | oreganoers | oreganoernes |
Synonyms
Further reading
- “oregano” in Den Danske Ordbog
See also
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish orégano, from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).
Pronunciation
Noun
oregano m (uncountable)
- oregano (spice)
- oregano, Origanum vulgare
- Synonym: wilde marjolein
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoreɡɑːno/, [ˈo̞re̞ˌɡɑ̝ːno̞], IPA(key): /ˈoreɡɑno/, [ˈo̞re̞ˌɡɑ̝no̞]
- Hyphenation: o‧re‧ga‧no
Noun
oregano
Declension
Inflection of oregano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | oregano | oreganot | ||
genitive | oreganon | oreganojen | ||
partitive | oreganoa | oreganoja | ||
illative | oreganoon | oreganoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | oregano | oreganot | ||
accusative | nom. | oregano | oreganot | |
gen. | oreganon | |||
genitive | oreganon | oreganojen | ||
partitive | oreganoa | oreganoja | ||
inessive | oreganossa | oreganoissa | ||
elative | oreganosta | oreganoista | ||
illative | oreganoon | oreganoihin | ||
adessive | oreganolla | oreganoilla | ||
ablative | oreganolta | oreganoilta | ||
allative | oreganolle | oreganoille | ||
essive | oreganona | oreganoina | ||
translative | oreganoksi | oreganoiksi | ||
abessive | oreganotta | oreganoitta | ||
instructive | — | oreganoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Japanese
Romanization
oregano
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon), via Latin origanum and Spanish oregano
Noun
oregano m (definite singular oreganoen, indefinite plural oreganoer, definite plural oreganoene)
Synonyms
References
- “oregano” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon), via Latin origanum and Spanish oregano
Noun
oregano m (definite singular oreganoen, indefinite plural oreganoar, definite plural oreganoane)
Synonyms
References
- “oregano” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
oregano n
Declension
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