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cilantro

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /sɪˈlɑntɹoʊ/
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH0 L AE1 N T R OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coriander, Chinese parsley

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb

3

noun

Meaning 3

Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coriander, coriander plant, Chinese parsley, Coriandrum sativum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

History

Etymology

From Spanish cilantro, possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant (with a front vowel) of Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander and culantro.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُزْبَرَة (kuzbara) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Burmese: နံနံ (namnam) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Burmese: နံနံရွက် (namnam-rwak) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Catalan: coriandre — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Chinese Cantonese: 芫茜 (jyun4 sai1, jim4 sai1) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香菜 (xiāngcài) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芫荽 (yánsui, yuánsuī) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胡荽 (húsuī) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Czech: koriandr — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Dutch: koriander — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Esperanto: koriandro — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Finnish: korianteri — leaves of the coriander plant
  • French: coriandre — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Galician: coandro — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Galician: coriandro — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Georgian: ქინძი (kinʒi) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • German: Koriander — leaves of the coriander plant
  • German: Korianderkraut — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Italian: coriandolo — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Japanese: パクチー (pakuchī) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Japanese: 香菜 (kōsai) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Japanese: シャンツァイ (shantsai) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Kannada: ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ (kottumbari) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Kannada: ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ ಎಲೆಗಳು (kottumbari elegaḷu) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Korean: 고수 (gosu) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Lao: ຜັກຊີ (phak sī) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Latin: coriandrum — leaves of the coriander plant
  • : ᦕᧅᦌᦲ (ṗhaksii) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Malay: daun ketumbar — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Brunei Malay: daun ketumbar — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: koriander — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Old English: celendre — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Persian: گشنیز (gešniz) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Plautdietsch: Sielantro — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Polish: kolendra — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Portuguese: coentro — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Romanian: coriandru — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Russian: кинза́ (kinzá) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: korijandar — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: korijander — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Sicilian: cugghiànniru — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Slovene: koriánder — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Spanish: cilantro — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Spanish: coriandro — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Spanish: culantro — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Spanish: recaíto — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Swedish: koriander — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Thai: ผักชี — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Northern Thai: ᨹ᩠ᨠᨪᩥ — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Tibetan: བསོད་ནམས་དཔལ་འཛོམས (bsod nams dpal 'dzoms) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Turkish: kişniş — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Ukrainian: кінза́ (kinzá) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Ukrainian: коля́ндра (koljándra) — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Welsh: coriander — leaves of the coriander plant
  • Welsh: llysiau'r bara — leaves of the coriander plant