coriander

English

Coriander seeds, dried.

Etymology

From Middle English coriandre, from Anglo-Norman coriandre, from Old French corïandre, from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), of uncertain origin.

Compare Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίαμβλον (koríamblon), Mycenaean Greek [script needed] (ko-ri-a2-da-na), [script needed] (ko-ri-ja-da-na), [script needed] (ko-ri-ja-do-no), [script needed] (ko-ri-jo-da-na), and Akkadian 𒌑𒄷𒌷𒌝 (^úḫurium).

Beekes supposes that cluster -dn- implies a Pre-Greek word, and hypothesizes that *koriaⁿdro- may have dissimilated to *koriaⁿdno-.

Doublet of cilantro.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒɹiˈændə/
Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

Noun

coriander (usually uncountable, plural corianders)

The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.
The dried fruits thereof, used as a spice.

Synonyms

(herb): Chinese parsley
dhania

Meronyms

(Coriandum sativum): cilantro (US, the leaves, when fresh); in other dialects, this, too, like the rest of the plant, is called coriander

Derived terms

Vietnamese coriander (Persicaria odorata)

Translations

Coriandrum sativum plant

Arabic: كُزْبَرَة‎ f (kuzbara), قُسْبَرَة‎ m (qusbara)
Egyptian Arabic: كزبرة‎ f (kúzbara)
Hijazi Arabic: كُزْبَرة‎ f (kuzbara)
Armenian: գինձ (hy) (ginj)
Old Armenian: գինձ (ginj)
Assamese: ধনিয়া (dhonia)
Azerbaijani: keşniş (az)
Basque: martorri
Bats: ქინძ (kinʒ)
Burmese: နံနံ (my) (namnam), နံနံပင် (namnampang)
Catalan: coriandre m, celiandre m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 芫茜 (jyun⁴ sai¹, jim⁴ sai¹)
Mandarin: 香菜 (zh) (xiāngcài), 芫荽 (zh) (yánsui, yuánsuī), 胡荽 (zh) (húsuī)
Czech: koriandr m
Danish: koriander (da)
Dhivehi: ކޮތަނބިރ‎ (kotanbir)
Dutch: koriander (nl) m, ketoembar (nl) m, wantsenkruid n
Esperanto: koriandro
Faroese: deymkorra f
Finnish: korianteri (fi)
French: coriandre (fr)
Galician: coandro (gl) m
Georgian: ქინძი (kinʒi)
German: Koriander (de) m
Greek: κόλιαντρος (el) m (kóliantros)
Ancient: κορίαννον n (koríannon)
Gujarati: કોથમીર (kothmīr)
Hebrew: כֻּסְבָּרָה‎ (he) f (kusbára), גָּד‎ (he) m (gad)
Hiligaynon: kulantro
Hindi: धनिया (hi) m (dhaniyā)
Hungarian: koriander (hu)

Indonesian: ketumbar (id)
Irish: lus an choire m
Italian: coriandolo (it) m
Japanese: コリアンダー (koriandā), 香菜 (kōsai), シャンツァイ (shantsai), パクチー (pakuchī)
Korean: 고수 (ko) (gosu)
Latin: coriandrum n
Malay: ketumbar
Maori: korianara
Marathi: कोथिंबीर (kothimbīr)
Norwegian: koriander (no)
Ossetian: киндзӕ (kinʒæ)
Persian: گشنیز‎ (fa) (gešniz)
Polish: kolendra (pl) f
Portuguese: coentro (pt) m
Romanian: coriandru (ro) m
Russian: кориа́ндр (ru) m (koriándr), кинза́ (ru) f (kinzá)
Serbo-Croatian: korijandar (sh), korijander
Sicilian: cugghiandru (scn) m
Slovene: koriander (sl) m
Spanish: cilantro (es) m, coriandro m
Svan: ქინზ (kinz)
Swedish: koriander (sv) c
Tagalog: wansoy
Tamil: கொத்தமல்லி (ta) (kottamalli)
Telugu: ధనియాలు (te) (dhaniyālu), కొత్తిమీర (te) (kottimīra)
Thai: ผักชี (th) (pàk-chii)
Turkish: kişniş (tr)
Volapük: koriand, (older term) korien, (seed) koriandasid, (older term) korienasid, (oil) koriandasids, (older term) korienasids, (oil) koriandaleül, (older term) korienaleül
Welsh: llysiau'r bara m pl, brwysgedlys (cy) m
Yiddish: פֿעלד־גליאַנדער‎ (feld-gliander)

dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: korianteri (fi)
French: coriandre (fr) f, graine de coriandre f
Greek:
Ancient: κορίαννον n (koríannon)

Gujarati: કોથમીર (kothmīr)
Hindi: धनिया (hi) m (dhaniyā)
Japanese: コリアンダー (koriandā), コリアンダーシード (koriandā shīdo)
Welsh: coriander m

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