oregano

oregano

See also: Oregano and orégano

English

Flowering oregano.

Etymology

From Spanish orégano (“wild marjoram”), from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon). Doublet of origanum.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒɹɪˈɡɑːnəʊ/, /əˈɹɛɡənoʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɹɛɡənoʊ/, /əˈɹɛɡənoʊ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

oregano (usually uncountable, plural oreganos)

1. A herb of the mint family, Origanum vulgare, having aromatic leaves.

   Synonym: wild marjoram

2. Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens
3. The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

Derived terms

• Cuban oregano (Coleus amboinicus, syn. Plectranthus amboinicus)
• English oregano (Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare)
• Lebanese oregano (Origanum syriacum)
• Mexican oregano (Lippia graveolens and Poliomintha longiflora)
• Mt. Pima oregano (Monarda austromontana)
• Spanish oregano (Thymbra capitata)
• Syrian oregano (Origanum syriacum)

 

Translations

plant

Albanian: zaranë, rigon (sq) Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش‎ m (mardaqūš), مَرْدَقُوش بَرِّيّ‎ m (mardaqūš barriyy), الزَّعْتَر البَرِّي‎ m (az-zaʿtar al-barrī) Basque: oregano (eu) Bulgarian: сушен риган n (sušen rigan) Catalan: orenga f Chinese: Mandarin: 牛至 (zh) (niúzhì) Chuvash: матрӳшке (matrüške) Czech: dobromysl obecná f, oregano (cs) n Danish: oregano, almindelig merian Dutch: 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 dušnʹik) Korean: 오레가노 (oregano) Latin: orīganum n Latvian: raudene f Lithuanian: raudonė̃lis m Macedonian: оригано n (origano) 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

leaves used to flavour food

Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش‎ m (mardaqūš) Bulgarian: риган (rigan) Catalan: orenga f Chinese: Mandarin: 牛至 (zh) (niúzhì) Czech: oregano (cs) n Finnish: oregano (fi) French: origan (fr) Galician: ourego (gl) m German: Oregano (de) Greek: ρίγανη (el) f (rígani) Ancient: ὀρίγανον n (oríganon) Hebrew: אורגנו‎ (he) Irish: oragán m Italian: origano (it) m Japanese: オレガノ (oregano) Latin: orīganum n Macedonian: оригано n (origano) Marathi: ओरेगानो n (oregāno) Norwegian: Bokmål: oregano m Nynorsk: oregano m Polish: oregano (pl) n Portuguese: orégano (pt) m, orégão (pt) m Romanian: oregano (ro) m, sovârf (ro) m Russian: орега́н m (oregán) Slovene: origano (sl) m Spanish: orégano (es) m Swedish: oregano (sv) c Tagalog: suganda Thai: ออริกาโน (ɔɔ-rí-gaa-nôo) Turkish: kekik (tr), otu kekik

Further reading

• oregano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Noun

oregano c (singular definite oreganoen, plural indefinite oreganoer)

1. oregano (Origanum vulgare)

Declension

Declension of oregano

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	oregano	oreganoen	oreganoer	oreganoerne
genitive	oreganos	oreganoens	oreganoers	oreganoernes

Synonyms

• almindelig merian
• vild merian

See also

• oregano on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Further reading

• “oregano” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish orégano, from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌoː.reːˈɣaː.noː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ore‧ga‧no
• Rhymes: -aːnoː

Noun

oregano m (uncountable)

1. oregano (spice)
2. oregano, Origanum vulgare

   Synonym: wilde marjolein

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Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish orégano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoreɡɑ(ː)no/, [ˈo̞re̞ˌɡɑ(ː)no̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑno
• Syllabification^(key): o‧re‧ga‧no

Noun

oregano

1. oregano

Declension

Inflection of oregano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		oregano	oreganot
genitive		oreganon	oreganojen
partitive		oreganoa	oreganoja
illative		oreganoon	oreganoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		oregano	oreganot
accusative	nom.	oregano	oreganot
	gen.	oreganon
genitive		oreganon	oreganojen
partitive		oreganoa	oreganoja
inessive		oreganossa	oreganoissa
elative		oreganosta	oreganoista
illative		oreganoon	oreganoihin
adessive		oreganolla	oreganoilla
ablative		oreganolta	oreganoilta
allative		oreganolle	oreganoille
essive		oreganona	oreganoina
translative		oreganoksi	oreganoiksi
instructive		—	oreganoin
abessive		oreganotta	oreganoitta
comitative		—	oreganoineen

Possessive forms of oregano (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	oreganoni	oreganomme
2nd person	oreganosi	oreganonne
3rd person	oreganonsa

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Japanese

Romanization

oregano

1. Rōmaji transcription of オレガノ

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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)

1. oregano

Synonyms

• bergmynte
• kung

References

• “oregano” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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)

1. oregano

Synonyms

• bergmynte
• kung

References

• “oregano” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -anɔ
• Syllabification: o‧re‧ga‧no

Noun

oregano n (indeclinable)

1. oregano (plant)

   Synonym: lebiodka

2. oregano (leaves used to flavour food)

Further reading

• oregano in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oregano in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• origano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish orégano.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧re‧ga‧no
• IPA^(key): /ʔoˈɾeɡano/, [ʔoˈɾe.ɣɐ.no]

Noun

oréganó (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇᜒᜄᜈᜓ)

1. (botany) Cuban oregano

   Synonym: suganda

Further reading

• “oregano”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018