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English
Flowering oregano.
Etymology
From Spanish orégano ( “ wild marjoram ” ) , from Latin orīganum , from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον ( oríganon ) . Doublet of origanum .
Pronunciation
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 , Lippia graveolens
The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food .
Derived terms
Translations
plant
Albanian: zaranë , rigon (sq)
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش m ( mardaqūš ) , مَرْدَقُوش بَرِّيّ m ( mardaqūš barriyy ) , الزَّعْتَر البَرِّي m ( az-zaʕtar al-barrī )
Basque: oregano (eu)
Bulgarian: сушен риган n ( sušen rigan )
Catalan: orenga (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 牛至 (zh) ( niúzhì )
Chuvash: матрӳшке ( matrüške )
Czech: dobromysl obecná f , oregano (cs) n
Danish: oregano , almindelig merian
Dutch: wilde marjolein (nl) < oregano (nl)
Esperanto: origano (eo)
Finnish: mäkimeirami (fi)
French: marjolaine sauvage (fr) f , origan (fr) m
Galician: ourego (gl) m
German: Oregano (de) , Echter Dost
Greek: ρίγανη (el) f ( rígani )
Ancient: ὀρίγανον n ( oríganon ) , ὀρίγανος m or f ( oríganos )
Hindi: सथ्रा ( sathrā ) , बनतुलसी (hi) ( bantulsī )
Icelandic: óriganó m
Irish: oragán m , máirtín fiáin m
Italian: origano (it) m
Japanese: 花薄荷 , ハナハッカ ( hanahakka ) , オレガノ ( oregano )
Komi-Zyrian: вадор душник ( vador dušńik )
Korean: 오레가노 ( oregano )
Latin: orīganum n
Latvian: raudene (lv) f
Lithuanian: raudonė̃lis m
Macedonian: орига́но n ( origáno )
Maltese: oreganu m
Marathi: ओरेगानो n ( oregāno )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: матрушка ( matruška )
Western Mari: туситӓ ( tusitä )
Norwegian: kung (no) , bergmynte
Persian: پونه کوهی (fa)
Polish: oregano (pl) n , lebiodka f
Portuguese: orégano (pt) m , orégão (pt) m
Romanian: oregano (ro) m , sovârf (ro) m
Russian: души́ца (ru) f ( dušíca )
Slovak: oregano n , pamajorán m
Slovene: origano (sl) m
Spanish: orégano (es) m
Swedish: oregano (sv) c , kungsmynta (sv) c , vildmejram c
Tagalog: suganda
Thai: ออริกาโน ( ɔɔ-rí-gaa-nôo )
Turkish: fare kulağı (tr)
Udmurt: пыштурын ( pyšturyn ) , матрушка ( matruška )
Ukrainian: материнка f ( materynka )
Welsh: oregano m
Yiddish: אָריגאַן m ( origan )
leaves used to flavour food
Further reading
Danish
Noun
oregano c (singular definite oreganoen , plural indefinite oreganoer )
oregano (Origanum vulgare )
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Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish orégano , from Latin orīganum , from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον ( oríganon ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌoː.reːˈɣaː.noː/
Hyphenation: ore‧ga‧no
Rhymes: -aːnoː
Noun
oregano m (uncountable )
( botany ) Synonym of wilde marjolein ( “ oregano plant, Origanum vulgare ” )
( cooking ) oregano : the leaves of Origanum vulgare used as food
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
From Spanish orégano .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈoreɡɑ(ː)no/ ,
Rhymes: -ɑno
Hyphenation(key ) : ore‧ga‧no
Noun
oregano
oregano
Synonyms: mäkimeirami , ( archaic ) espanjanhumala
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Japanese
Romanization
oregano
Rōmaji transcription of オレガノ
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 )
oregano
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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 )
oregano
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish orégano , from Latin orīganum , from Ancient Greek ὅρῑ́γανον ( hórī́ganon ) , possibly from ὄρος ( óros , “ mountain, hill ” ) + γάνος ( gános , “ brightness, sheen ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɔ.rɛˈɡa.nɔ/
Rhymes: -anɔ
Syllabification: o‧re‧ga‧no
Noun
oregano n (indeclinable )
oregano ( plant )
Synonym: lebiodka
oregano ( leaves used to flavour food )
Further reading
oregano in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Noun
oregano c
oregano (spice)
oregano , Origanum vulgare
Synonym: kungsmynta
Declension
References
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish orégano , from Latin orīganum , from Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́γᾰνον ( orī́ganon ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
oréganó (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇᜒᜄᜈᜓ ) ( botany )
Cuban oregano
Synonym: suganda
Further reading
“oregano ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
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