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English Cardamom seeds.
Etymology Late Middle English Old French cardamome Latin cardamōmum Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον ( kardámōmon ) .
Pronunciation
Noun cardamom (countable and uncountable plural cardamoms
The Elettaria cardamomum Indian herb .
The seed of Elettaria cardamomum used as a medicine and spice , especially in curry powder .
( uncommon , inexact) Synonym of grains of paradise , the seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations E. cardamomum
Arabic: هَال m ( hāl ) , هَيْل m pl ( hayl )
Hijazi Arabic: هيل m pl ( hēl )
Armenian: հիլ (hy) ( hil ) , անդրիտակ ( andritak ) , մալախ (hy) ( malax ) , շուշմիր (hy) ( šušmir ) , կարդամոն (hy) ( kardamon )
Assamese: ইলাচি ( ilasi )
Bengali: এলাচি (bn) ( elaci )
Bulgarian: кардамо́н m ( kardamón )
Burmese: ဖာလာ (my) ( hpala )
Catalan: cardamom (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小豆蔻 (zh) ( xiǎodòukòu ) , 豆蔻 (zh) ( dòukòu )
Danish: kardemomme c
Dzongkha: ཨ་ལཱན་ཅི ( a lān ci )
Faroese: kardamummuplanta f
Finnish: kardemummapensas kardemumma (fi)
French: cardamome (fr) f or m
Galician: cardamomo (gl) m
German: Kardamom (de) m
Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n ( kárdamo )
Ancient: καρδάμωμον n ( kardámōmon )
Hebrew: קרדמון m ( kardamon )
Hindi: इलायची (hi) f ( ilāycī )
Indonesian: kapulaga (id)
Irish: cardamam m
Italian: cardamomo (it) m
Japanese: カルダモン ( karudamon )
Khmer: ដើមក្រវាញ ( daəmkrɑɑviəñ )
Korean: 카다몸 ( kadamom )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: kardamons m
Malayalam: ഏലം (ml) ( ēlaṁ ) , ഏലക്ക ( ēlakka ) , ഏലക്കായ ( ēlakkāya )
Marathi: वेलदोडा m ( veldoḍā ) , वेलची f ( velcī )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kardemommeplante m or f
Nynorsk: kardemommeplante m or f
Oromo: hoogihoo
Persian: هل (fa) ( hel )
Polish: kardamon (pl) m
Portuguese: cardamomo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਇਲਾਚੀ (pa) f ( ilācī )
Romanian: cardamom (ro) m
Russian: кардамо́н (ru) m ( kardamón )
Slovak: kardamóm m
Slovene: kardamom m
Spanish: cardamomo m
Swedish: kardemumma (sv) c
Tagalog: kardamono
Telugu: ఏలకుల మొక్క ( ēlakula mokka )
Thai: กระวานเทศ (th) ( grà-waan-têet )
Turkish: kakule (tr)
Ukrainian: кардамо́н m ( kardamón )
Vietnamese: thảo quả cây bạch đậu khấu
Volapük: kardum
Welsh: cardamom m
Yiddish: קאַרדעמאָן m ( kardemon ) , קאַרדאַמאָם m ( kardamom ) , קאַרדימאָן m ( kardimon )
its seed or seed capsule
Afrikaans: kardemom elaichi ( (Cape Malay) )
Arabic: حَبْهَان m pl ( ḥabhān ) , هَال m ( hāl ) , هَيْل m pl ( hayl )
Egyptian Arabic: حَبَّهَان m ( ḥabbahān )
Hijazi Arabic: هيل m pl ( hēl )
Armenian: հիլ (hy) ( hil )
Assamese: ইলাচি ( ilasi )
Azerbaijani: hil (az)
Bengali: এলাচ (bn) ( elac ) , এলাচি (bn) ( elaci )
Bulgarian: кардамон m ( kardamon )
Burmese: ဖာလာစေ့ ( hpalace. )
Catalan: cardamom (ca) m
Danish: kardemomme c
Dhivehi: ކާފޫރު ތޮޅި ( kāfūru toḷi )
Dutch: kardemom (nl)
Faroese: kardamumma f
Finnish: kardemumma (fi)
French: cardamome (fr) f or m
Galician: cardamomo (gl) m
Georgian: ილი ( ili )
German: Kardamom (de) m
Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n ( kárdamo )
Ancient: καρδάμωμον n ( kardámōmon )
Gujarati: એલચી (gu) ( elacī ) , ઇલાયચી (gu) ( ilāyacī )
Hebrew: הל (he) m ( hel )
Hindi: इलायची (hi) ( ilāycī )
Indonesian: kepulaga (id)
Irish: cardamam m
Italian: cardamomo (it) m
Javanese: ꦏꦥꦸꦭꦒ ( kapulaga )
Kannada: ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ (kn) ( ēlakki )
Khmer: ក្រវាញ (km) ( krɑviəñ )
Konkani: वेलची ( velcī )
Kuvi: କେଟ ( keṭo )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Malay: buah pelaga
Malayalam: ഏലക്കായ് ( ēlakkāyŭ ) , ഏലം (ml) ( ēlaṁ )
Marathi: वेलची ( velcī ) , वेलदोडा ( veldoḍā )
Mon: မအဳ (mnw)
Newar: एला ( elā )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kardemomme m
Nynorsk: kardemomme m
Odia: ଅଳେଇଚ ( aḷeica )
Pali: elā f
Persian: هل (fa) ( hel ) , هیل ( hil )
Picard: agamémon
Polish: kardamon (pl) m
Portuguese: cardamomo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਇਲਾਚੀ (pa) ( ilācī )
Romanian: cardamom (ro) m
Russian: кардамо́н (ru) m ( kardamón )
Sanskrit: एला (sa) ( elā )
Slovene: kardamom m
Spanish: cardamomo m
Sundanese: ᮊᮕᮥᮜᮌ ( kapulaga ) , ᮊᮕᮧᮜ᮪ ( kapol )
Swahili: iliki
Swedish: kardemumma (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠄꠟꠣꠁꠌ ( elais )
Tagalog: kardamono
Tamil: ஏலக்காய் (ta) ( ēlakkāy )
Telugu: యెలకులు ( yelakulu ) , ఎలకులు ( elakulu ) , యేలక్కాయలు ( yēlakkāyalu )
Thai: ผลกระวานเทศ ( phon krawan thet ) , ลูกกระวานเทศ ( luk krawan thet ) , ลูกเอ็น (th) ( luk en ) , ลูกเอ็ล (th) ( luk en ) , เอลา (th) ( ela )
Tibetan: སུག་སྨེལ། ( sug smel )
Turkish: kakule (tr)
Ukrainian: кардамо́н m ( kardamón )
Vietnamese: bạch đậu khấu
Volapük: kardumafluk
Welsh: cardamom m grawn Paradwys m pl ( archaic )
Yiddish: קאַרדעמאָן m ( kardemon ) , קאַרדאַמאָם m ( kardamom ) , קאַרדימאָן m ( kardimon )
References
Catalan
Etymology Borrowed from Latin cardamōmum Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον ( kardámōmon ) .
Pronunciation
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Noun cardamom m plural cardamoms
cardamom
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology Borrowed from French cardamome
Pronunciation
Noun cardamom n uncountable
cardamom
Declension
declension of cardamom (singular only)
singular
n indefinite articulation
definite articulation
nominative/accusative
(un) cardamom
cardamomul
genitive/dative
(unui) cardamom
cardamomului
vocative
cardamomule
Further reading
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888.
