adj · name · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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nonstandard:/ˈsɪ.mɪn/
New-Zealand:/ˈsənəmən/
rhymes with (nonstandard) -ɪmɪn
CMU ARPABET:S IH1 N AH0 M AH0 N
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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2
adj
Meaning 2
Of a yellowish-brown color.
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Usage: not-comparable
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3
name
Meaning 3
A surname.
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4
name
Meaning 4
A female given name.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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6
noun
Meaning 6
Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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7
noun
Meaning 7
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.
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Usage: uncountable
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8
noun
Meaning 8
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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9
noun
Meaning 9
A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.
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Usage: countable
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10
noun
Meaning 10
spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: spice
Narrower terms: stick cinnamon
11
noun
Meaning 11
tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cinnamon bark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bark
History
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 [Term?], cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן (qinnāmōn).
Across languages
Translations
289 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
канелен
(kanelen)
— flavor
Catalan:
canyella
— flavor
Catalan:
canella
— flavor
Czech:
skořicový
— flavor
Dutch:
kaneelachtig
— flavor
Dutch:
met kaneelsmaak
— flavor
Finnish:
kaneli-
— flavor
Finnish:
kanelinmakuinen
— flavor
German:
Zimt
— flavor
Hungarian:
fahéjas
— flavor
Italian:
di cannella
— flavor
Japanese:
シナモン味の
(shinamon-aji no)
— flavor
Pannonian Rusyn:
циметов
(cimetov)
— flavor
Polish:
cynamonowy
— flavor
Portuguese:
de canela
— flavor
Russian:
кори́чный
(koríčnyj)
— flavor
Slovak:
škoricový
— flavor
Vietnamese:
(hương vị) quế
— flavor
Bulgarian:
канелен
(kanelen)
— color
Catalan:
canyella
— color
Catalan:
canella
— color
Dutch:
kaneelkleurig
— color
Finnish:
kanelinruskea
— color
French:
cannelle
— color
Greek:
κανελής
(kanelís)
— color
Hungarian:
fahéjbarna
— color
Italian:
cannella
— color
Japanese:
肉桂色の
(nikkei-iro no)
— color
Pannonian Rusyn:
циметови
(cimetovi)
— color
Polish:
cynamonowy
— color
Portuguese:
canela
— color
Serbo-Croatian:
cimet
— color
Slovak:
škoricový
— color
Vietnamese:
(màu) quế
— color
Volapük:
kirfatakölik
— color
Afrikaans:
kaneelboom
— Cinnamomum verum
Albanian:
kanellë
— Cinnamomum verum
Arabic:
قِرْفَة
(qirfa)
— Cinnamomum verum
Arabic:
قرفة
(girfa)
— Cinnamomum verum
Arabic:
قرفة
(qarfa)
— Cinnamomum verum
Aramaic:
דרציני
(dārṣīnī)
— Cinnamomum verum
Aramaic:
ܕܪܨܝܢܝ
(dārṣīnī)
— Cinnamomum verum
Aramaic:
ܨܝܢܕܪܓ
(ṣīndreḡ)
— Cinnamomum verum
Armenian:
դարչին
(darčʻin)
— Cinnamomum verum
Assamese:
দালচেনি
(dalseni)
— Cinnamomum verum
Azerbaijani:
darçın
— Cinnamomum verum
Basque:
kanela
— Cinnamomum verum
Bengali:
দারচিনি
(darcini)
— Cinnamomum verum
Bengali:
দারুচিনি
(darucini)
— Cinnamomum verum
Central Bikol:
kanela
— Cinnamomum verum
Breton:
gwez-kanell
— Cinnamomum verum
Bulgarian:
кане́лено дърво́
(kanéleno dǎrvó)
— Cinnamomum verum
Bulgarian:
кане́ла
(kanéla)
— Cinnamomum verum
Burmese:
သစ်ကြံပိုးပင်
(sackrampui:pang)
— Cinnamomum verum
Catalan:
canyeller
— Cinnamomum verum
Catalan:
caneller
— Cinnamomum verum
Cebuano:
kanela
— Cinnamomum verum
Chinese Mandarin:
肉桂
(ròuguì)
— Cinnamomum verum
Chinese Mandarin:
桂皮
(guìpí)
— Cinnamomum verum
Cornish:
kanel
— Cinnamomum verum
Cornish:
kanelen
— Cinnamomum verum
Czech:
skořicovník
— Cinnamomum verum
Dhivehi:
ފޮނި ތޮށި
(foni toṣi)
— Cinnamomum verum
Dutch:
kaneelboom
— Cinnamomum verum
Esperanto:
vera cinamomo
— Cinnamomum verum
Finnish:
ceyloninkaneli
— Cinnamomum verum
Finnish:
kanelipuu
— Cinnamomum verum
French:
cannelier
— Cinnamomum verum
Georgian:
დარიჩინი
(daričini)
— Cinnamomum verum
German:
Zimtbaum
— Cinnamomum verum
Greek:
κανέλα
(kanéla)
— Cinnamomum verum
Gujarati:
તજ
(taj)
— Cinnamomum verum
Hebrew:
קִנָּמוֹן
(qinnāmṓn)
— Cinnamomum verum
Hindi:
दालचीनी
(dālcīnī)
— Cinnamomum verum
Hungarian:
fahéjfa
— Cinnamomum verum
Icelandic:
kaniltré
— Cinnamomum verum
Icelandic:
kanill
— Cinnamomum verum
Indonesian:
kayu manis
— Cinnamomum verum
Italian:
cannella
— Cinnamomum verum
Japanese:
セイロンニッケイ
(Seiron nikkei)
— Cinnamomum verum
Javanese:
ꦏꦪꦸꦩꦤꦶꦱ꧀
(kayu manis)
— Cinnamomum verum
Kannada:
ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ
(dālcinni)
— Cinnamomum verum
Korean:
시나몬
(sinamon)
— Cinnamomum verum
Korean:
실론계피나무
(sillon'gyepinamu)
— Cinnamomum verum
Latin:
cinnamōmum
— Cinnamomum verum
Latin:
cinnamum
— Cinnamomum verum
Malagasy:
kanelina
— Cinnamomum verum
Malay:
kayu manis
— Cinnamomum verum
Malayalam:
കറുവ
(kaṟuva)
— Cinnamomum verum
Maltese:
kannella
— Cinnamomum verum
Marathi:
दालचिनी
(dālcinī)
— Cinnamomum verum
Mongolian:
шанц
(šanc)
— Cinnamomum verum
Nepali:
दालचिनी
(dālacinī)
— Cinnamomum verum
Norwegian:
kaneltre
— Cinnamomum verum
Oromo:
qarafaa
— Cinnamomum verum
Persian:
دارچین
(dârčin)
— Cinnamomum verum
Polish:
cynamonowiec
— Cinnamomum verum
Portuguese:
caneleira
— Cinnamomum verum
Romanian:
scorțișor
— Cinnamomum verum
Russian:
кори́чное де́рево
(koríčnoje dérevo)
— Cinnamomum verum
Russian:
кори́ца
(koríca)
— Cinnamomum verum
Russian:
кори́чник настоя́щий
(koríčnik nastojáščij)
— Cinnamomum verum
Serbo-Croatian:
цимет
— Cinnamomum verum
Serbo-Croatian:
cimet
— Cinnamomum verum
Sinhalese:
කුරුඳු
(kurundu)
— Cinnamomum verum
Slovak:
škoricovník
— Cinnamomum verum
Somali:
qorfe
— Cinnamomum verum
Spanish:
canelo
— Cinnamomum verum
Swahili:
mdalasini
— Cinnamomum verum
Swedish:
äkta kanel
— Cinnamomum verum
Swedish:
kanel
— Cinnamomum verum
Tagalog:
kanela
— Cinnamomum verum
Tamil:
இலவங்கம்
(ilavaṅkam)
— Cinnamomum verum
Tamil:
கருவா
(karuvā)
— Cinnamomum verum
Tamil:
கறுவா
(kaṟuvā)
— Cinnamomum verum
Thai:
อบเชย
(òp-chəəi)
— Cinnamomum verum
Tibetan:
ཤིང་ཚ
— Cinnamomum verum
Turkish:
tarçın ağacı
— Cinnamomum verum
Uyghur:
دارچىن
(darchin)
— Cinnamomum verum
Vietnamese:
cây quế
— Cinnamomum verum
Volapük:
kirfatep
— Cinnamomum verum
Volapük:
kirfatabim
— Cinnamomum verum
Xhosa:
isinamon
— Cinnamomum verum
Catalan:
canyeller
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Catalan:
caneller
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Esperanto:
cinamujo
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Fijian:
macou
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Fijian:
macovu
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Fijian:
maiu
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Fijian:
mou
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Finnish:
kanelipuu
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
French:
cannelier
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Italian:
cinnamomo
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Japanese:
肉桂
(nikkei)
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Kikuyu:
mũtarathini
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Polish:
cynamonowiec
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Russian:
кори́чник
(koríčnik)
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Spanish:
canelo
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum
Swedish:
kanel
— any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum