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English
Sticks of Cinnamomum burmanni
Etymology
From Middle English synamome , from Old French cinnamone , from Latin cinnamon , cinnamomum , from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον ( kinnámōmon ) , later κίνναμον ( kínnamon ) , according to Herodotus from Phoenician , cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן ( qinnāmōn ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
cinnamon (countable and uncountable , plural cinnamons )
( countable ) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India , Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum , belonging to the family Lauraceae .
Several related trees , notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni ) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia ).
( chiefly uncountable ) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder . The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above.
true cinnamon , the product made of Cinnamomum verum
( countable ) A warm yellowish -brown color , the color of cinnamon.
cinnamon:
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Translations
Cinnamomum verum
Afrikaans: kaneelboom
Arabic: قِرْفَة f ( qirfa )
Hijazi Arabic: قرفة ( girfa )
Moroccan Arabic: قرفة ( qarfa )
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܕܪܨܝܢܝ ( dārṣīnī ) , ܨܝܢܕܪܓ ( ṣīndreḡ )
Armenian: դարչին (hy) ( darčʻin )
Assamese: দালচেনি ( dalseni )
Azerbaijani: darçın (az)
Basque: kanela
Bengali: দারচিনি (bn) ( darcini ) , দারুচিনি (bn) ( darucini )
Bikol Central: kanela (bcl)
Breton: gwez-kanell ( collective )
Bulgarian: кане́лено дърво́ n ( kanéleno dǎrvó ) , кане́ла (bg) f ( kanéla )
Burmese: သစ်ကြံပိုး ပင် ( sackrampui:pang )
Catalan: canyeller (ca) m , caneller m
Cebuano: kanela
Chinese:
Mandarin: 肉桂 (zh) ( ròuguì ) , 桂皮 (zh) ( guìpí )
Czech: skořicovník m
Dhivehi: ފޮނި ތޮށި ( foni toṣi )
Dutch: kaneelboom (nl) m
Esperanto: vera cinamomo
Finnish: ceyloninkaneli , kanelipuu (fi)
French: cannelier (fr) m
Georgian: დარიჩინი ( daričini )
German: Zimtbaum (de) m
Greek: κανέλα (el) f ( kanéla )
Gujarati: તજ (gu) ( taj )
Hebrew: קִנָּמוֹן (he) m ( qinnāmṓn )
Hindi: दालचीनी (hi) ( dālcīnī )
Hungarian: fahéjfa (hu)
Icelandic: kaniltré n , kanill (is) m
Indonesian: kayumanis
Italian: cannella (it) f
Japanese: セイロンニッケイ ( Seiron nikkei )
Javanese: ꦏꦪꦸꦩꦤꦶꦱ꧀ ( kayu manis )
Kannada: ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ (kn) ( dālcinni )
Korean: 시나몬 ( sinamon ) , 실론계피나무 ( sillon'gyepinamu )
Latin: cinnamōmum n , cinnamum n
Malagasy: kanelina
Malay: kayu manis (ms)
Malayalam: കറുവ (ml) ( kaṟuva )
Maltese: kannella (mt) f
Marathi: दालचीनी ( dālcīnī )
Mongolian: шанц ( šanc )
Nepali: दालचिनी (ne) ( dālacinī )
Norwegian: kaneltre n
Oromo: qarafaa
Persian: دارچین (fa) ( dârčin )
Polish: cynamonowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: caneleira f
Punjabi: दालचीनी
Romanian: scorțișor (ro) m
Russian: кори́чное де́рево n ( koríčnoje dérevo ) , кори́ца (ru) f ( koríca ) , кори́чник настоя́щий m ( koríčnik nastojáščij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цимет m
Roman: cimet (sh) m
Sinhalese: කුරුඳු (si) ( kuruⁿdu )
Slovak: škoricovník (sk) m
Somali: qorfe
Spanish: canelo (es) m
Swahili: mdalasini
Swedish: äkta kanel c , kanel (sv) c
Tagalog: kanela
Tamil: இலவங்கப்பட்டை (ta) ( ilavaṅkappaṭṭai ) , கருவாப்பட்டை (ta) ( karuvāppaṭṭai ) , கறுவாப்பட்டை ( kaṟuvāppaṭṭai )
Thai: อบเชย (th) ( òp-chəəi )
Tibetan: ཤིང་ཚ ( shing tsha )
Turkish: tarçın ağacı
Vietnamese: cây quế
Volapük: kirfatep , kirfatabim
spice
Afrikaans: kaneel
Albanian: kanellë (sq) f
Amharic: ቀረፋ ( ḳäräfa )
Arabic: قِرْفَة f ( qirfa )
Egyptian Arabic: قرفة f ( ʔerfa )
Gulf Arabic: دارسين m ( dārsīn )
Hijazi Arabic: قرفة f ( girfa )
Aramaic:
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דַּרְצִינִי ( darṣīnī )
Armenian: դարչին (hy) ( darčʻin )
Old Armenian: դարիճենիկ ( daričenik ) , կինամոմոն ( kinamomon )
Azerbaijani: darçın (az)
Belarusian: кары́ца f ( karýca ) , цынамо́н m ( cynamón ) ( taraškievica )
Breton: kanell (br) m
Brunei Malay: kayu manis
Bulgarian: кане́ла (bg) f ( kanéla )
Burmese: သစ်ကြံပိုး (my) ( sackrampui: )
Catalan: canyella (ca) f , canella (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 肉桂 ( juk6 gwai3 )
Mandarin: 肉桂 (zh) ( ròuguì )
Crimean Tatar: tarçın
Czech: skořice (cs) f
Danish: kanel (da) c
Dutch: kaneel (nl) n
Esperanto: cinamo
Estonian: kaneel
Faroese: kanel n
Finnish: kaneli (fi)
French: cannelle (fr) f
Galician: canela (gl) f
Georgian: დარიჩინი ( daričini )
German: Zimt (de) m , Kaneel m
Greek: κανέλα (el) f ( kanéla )
Ancient: κιννάμωμον n ( kinnámōmon )
Hausa: kirfa (ha)
Hebrew: קינמון \ קִנָּמוֹן (he) m ( kinamón )
Hindi: दारचीनी (hi) f ( dārcīnī ) , दालचीनी (hi) f ( dālcīnī ) , मुखशोधन (hi) m ( mukhśodhan ) , शीत (hi) m ( śīt ) , सलपत्र (hi) m ( salpatra ) , सुगंधवल्कल (hi) m ( sugandhvalkal ) , चोतक (hi) m ( cotak ) , चोच (hi) m ( coc )
Hungarian: fahéj (hu)
Icelandic: kanill (is) m , kanell m
Indonesian: kayu manis (id)
Irish: cainéal m
Italian: cannella (it) f
Japanese: シナモン (ja) ( shinamon ) , 肉桂 (ja) ( nikki, nikkei )
Kabuverdianu: kanéla
Kannada: ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ (kn) ( dālcinni )
Kazakh: даршын ( darşyn )
Kikuyu: ndarathini class 9/10
Korean: 계피 (ko) ( gyepi ) , 시나몬 ( sinamon )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دارچین ( darçîn )
Northern Kurdish: darçîn (ku)
Kyrgyz: корица ( koritsa )
Lao: ແຄ່ ( khǣ ) , ອົບເຊີຍ ( ʼop sœ̄i )
Latin: cinnamōmum n , cinnamum n
Latvian: kanēlis
Lithuanian: cinamonas m
Low German: Kaneel (nds) m
Macedonian: цимет m ( cimet )
Malay: kayu manis (ms) , kulit kayu manis
Malayalam: കറുവപ്പട്ട ( kaṟuvappaṭṭa )
Maltese: kannella (mt) f , ċinnamonu m
Maori: hinamona
Navajo: tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ tsin bikáshtʼóózh bitáʼahí bił éʼélʼíní
Norman: cannelle f
Norwegian: kanel (no)
Occitan: canèla (oc) f
Ottoman Turkish: دارچین ( darçın )
Persian: دارچین (fa) ( dârčin )
Polish: cynamon (pl) m
Portuguese: canela (pt) f
Punjabi: ਦਾਲ਼ਚੀਨੀ f ( dāḷcīnī )
Romanian: scorțișoară (ro) f
Russian: кори́ца (ru) f ( koríca )
Sanskrit: दारुचिनी (sa) f ( dārucinī ) , चोच (sa) n ( coca ) , चोचक (sa) n ( cocaka ) , दारुसिता (sa) f ( dārusitā ) , बहुगन्ध (sa) n ( bahugandha )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цимет m
Roman: cimet (sh) m
Shan: ၵႅင်းႁွမ် (shn) ( kéng hǎum )
Slovak: škorica (sk) f
Slovene: cimet (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: cymt m
Upper Sorbian: cymt m , skorica f
Spanish: canela (es) f
Swahili: dalasini
Swedish: kanel (sv) c
Tagalog: kanela
Tai Dam: ꪵꪁꪫ꪿
Tajik: дорчин ( dorčin )
Tatar: дарчин (tt) ( darçin )
Telugu: దాల్చిని (te) ( dālcini ) , లవంగపట్ట (te) ( lavaṅgapaṭṭa )
Thai: อบเชย (th) ( òp-chəəi )
Tigrinya: ቃርፋ ( ḳarfa )
Turkish: tarçın (tr)
Turkmen: darçyn
Ukrainian: кори́ця (uk) f ( korýcja ) , цинамо́н (uk) m ( cynamón )
Urdu: دارچینی f ( dārcīnī )
Uyghur: دارچىن ( darchin )
Uzbek: dolchin (uz) , koritsa
Venetian: canela
Vietnamese: quế (vi)
Volapük: kirfat
Welsh: synamon m
Yiddish: צימרינג m ( tsimring ) , צימערינג m ( tsimering )
Adjective
cinnamon (not comparable )
Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste .
Of a yellowish -brown color .
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Further reading
“cinnamon ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“cinnamon ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“cinnamon ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
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