zérumbet

See also: zerumbet

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin zerumbet, zurumbet, zurumbeth, from Arabic زُرُنْبَاد (zurunbād), from Persian زرنباد (zoronbâd).

Noun

zérumbet m (plural zérumbets)

1. Zingiber zerumbet, the shampoo ginger

Further reading

• “zérumbet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.