tarragon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French targon (cf. modern estragon), from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “edder-wort, ”), from δράκων (drákōn, “dragon, serpent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹəɡɑn/, /ˈtæɹəɡən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹəɡɑn/, /ˈtɛɹəɡən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹəɡən/
• Hyphenation: tar‧ra‧gon

Noun

tarragon (usually uncountable, plural tarragons)

1. A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.
2. The leaves of this plant (either fresh, or preserved in vinegar / oil mixture) used as a seasoning.

Synonyms

• estragon, dragon's wort, French tarragon, Russian tarragon, silky wormwood, wild tarragon

Translations

perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus

• Arabic: طَرْخُون m (ṭarḵūn)
• Armenian: թարխուն (hy) (tʻarxun)
• Catalan: estragó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛇蒿 (zh) (shéhāo), 龍蒿／龙蒿 (zh) (lónghāo), 龙蒿 (zh) (lónghāo), 狹葉青蒿／狭叶青蒿, 狭叶青蒿 (xiáyè qīnghāo), 他拉根香草 (tālāgēn xiāngcǎo), 香艾菊 (xiāng'àijú)

• Czech: pelyněk kozalec (cs) m
• Danish: estragon (da) c
• Dutch: dragon (nl)
• Esperanto: estragono
• Finnish: rakuuna (fi)
• French: estragon (fr)
• Georgian: ტარხუნა (ka) (ṭarxuna)
• German: Estragon (de) m, Dragon m / Dragun m / Drachant m (till 19^th century, replaced by Estragon), Bertram (de) (till 18^th century in this sense)
• Greek: εστραγκόν n (estragkón)
• Hungarian: tárkony (hu)
• Ido: estragono (io)
• Irish: dragan m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: estragone, dragoncello (it)
• Korean: 타라곤 (taragon)
• Manx: dragane m
• Persian: ترخون (fa)
• Polish: estragon (pl) m
• Portuguese: estragão m
• Romanian: tarhon (ro) m
• Russian: эстраго́н (ru) m (estragón), тарху́н (ru) m (tarxún)
• Serbo-Croatian: estragon (sh) m, taragon m, tarkanj m, kravljak (sh) m
• Slovene: pẹ́htran (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: estragon m

• Spanish: estragón m
• Swedish: dragon (sv) c
• Tagalog: estragon
• Welsh: taragon m, amgwyn m

the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus

• Arabic: طَرْخُون m (ṭarḵūn)
• Armenian: թարխուն (hy) (tʻarxun)
• Catalan: estragó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛇蒿 (zh) (shéhāo), 龍蒿／龙蒿 (zh) (lónghāo), 龙蒿 (zh) (lónghāo), 狹葉青蒿／狭叶青蒿, 狭叶青蒿 (xiáyè qīnghāo), 他拉根香草 (tālāgēn xiāngcǎo), 香艾菊 (xiāng'àijú)

• Czech: estragon (cs) m
• Danish: estragon (da) c
• Esperanto: estragono
• Finnish: rakuuna (fi)
• Georgian: ტარხუნა (ka) (ṭarxuna)
• German: Estragon (de), Dragon m / Dragun m / Drachant m (till 19^th century, replaced by Estragon), Bertram (de) (till 18^th century in this sense)
• Greek: εστραγκόν n (estragkón)
• Hungarian: tárkony (hu)
• Ido: estragono (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: dragan m
• Manx: dragane m
• Persian: ترخون (fa) (tarxun)
• Polish: estragon (pl) m
• Portuguese: estragão m
• Russian: эстраго́н (ru) m (estragón), тарху́н (ru) m (tarxún)
• Slovene: pẹ́htran (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: estragon m

• Spanish: estragón m
• Swedish: dragon (sv) c
• Tagalog: estragon
• Welsh: taragon m, amgwyn m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} estragon (et)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} dragoncello (it) m

References

• “tarragon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• arrogant