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cinnamon

adj · name · noun · 12 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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  • Australian, British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard: /ˈsɪnəmən/
  • Canada, US: /ˈsɪəmən/
  • Canada, US: /ˈsɪnəmɪn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • nonstandard: /ˈsɪ.mɪn/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈsənəmən/
  • rhymes with (nonstandard) -ɪmɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 N AH0 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a yellowish-brown color.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A female given name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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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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Synonyms: none provided

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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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

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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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Synonyms: none provided

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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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: laurel

12

noun

Meaning 12

aromatic bark used as a spice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
  • Afrikaans: kaneel — spice
  • Albanian: kanellë — spice
  • Amharic: ቀረፋ (ḳäräfa) — spice
  • Arabic: قِرْفَة (qirfa) — spice
  • Arabic: قرفة (ʔerfa) — spice
  • Arabic: دارسين (dārsīn) — spice
  • Arabic: قرفة (girfa) — spice
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דַּרְצִינִי (darṣīnī) — spice
  • Armenian: դարչին (darčʻin) — spice
  • Old Armenian: դարիճենիկ (daričenik) — spice
  • Old Armenian: կինամոմոն (kinamomon) — spice
  • Azerbaijani: darçın — spice
  • Belarusian: кары́ца (karýca) — spice
  • Belarusian: цынамо́н (cynamón) — spice
  • Breton: kanell — spice
  • Bulgarian: кане́ла (kanéla) — spice
  • Burmese: သစ်ကြံပိုး (sackrampui:) — spice
  • Catalan: canyella — spice
  • Catalan: canella — spice
  • Chinese Cantonese: 肉桂 (juk6 gwai3) — spice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肉桂 (ròuguì) — spice
  • Cornish: kanel — spice
  • Cornish: kanelen — spice
  • Crimean Tatar: tarçın — spice
  • Czech: skořice — spice
  • Danish: kanel — spice
  • Dutch: kaneel — spice
  • Esperanto: cinamo — spice
  • Estonian: kaneel — spice
  • Faroese: kanel — spice
  • Fijian: macou — spice
  • Fijian: macovu — spice
  • Fijian: maiu — spice
  • Fijian: mou — spice
  • Finnish: kaneli — spice
  • French: cannelle — spice
  • Galician: canela — spice
  • Georgian: დარიჩინი (daričini) — spice
  • German: Zimt — spice
  • German: Kaneel — spice
  • Greek: κανέλα (kanéla) — spice
  • Ancient Greek: κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon) — spice
  • Hausa: kirfa — spice
  • Hebrew: קינמון \ קִנָּמוֹן (kinamón) — spice
  • Hindi: दारचीनी (dārcīnī) — spice
  • Hindi: दालचीनी (dālcīnī) — spice
  • Hindi: मुखशोधन (mukhśodhan) — spice
  • Hindi: शीत (śīt) — spice
  • Hindi: सलपत्र (salpatra) — spice
  • Hindi: सुगंधवल्कल (sugandhvalkal) — spice
  • Hindi: चोतक (cotak) — spice
  • Hindi: चोच (coc) — spice
  • Hungarian: fahéj — spice
  • Hungarian: cimet — spice
  • Icelandic: kanill — spice
  • Icelandic: kanell — spice
  • Indonesian: kayu manis — spice
  • Irish: cainéal — spice
  • Italian: cannella — spice
  • Japanese: シナモン (shinamon) — spice
  • Japanese: 肉桂 (nikki, nikkei) — spice
  • Kabuverdianu: kanéla — spice
  • Kannada: ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ (dālcinni) — spice
  • Kazakh: даршын (darşyn) — spice
  • Kikuyu: ndarathini — spice
  • Korean: 계피 (gyepi) — spice
  • Korean: 시나몬 (sinamon) — spice
  • Central Kurdish: دارچین (darçîn) — spice
  • Northern Kurdish: darçîn — spice
  • Kyrgyz: корица (koritsa) — spice
  • Lao: ແຄ່ (khǣ) — spice
  • Lao: ອົບເຊີຍ (ʼop sœ̄i) — spice
  • Latin: cinnamōmum — spice
  • Latin: cinnamum — spice
  • Latvian: kanēlis — spice
  • Lithuanian: cinamonas — spice
  • Low German: Kaneel — spice
  • Macedonian: цимет (cimet) — spice
  • Malay: kayu manis — spice
  • Malay: kulit kayu manis — spice
  • Brunei Malay: kayu manis — spice
  • Malayalam: കറുവാപ്പട്ട (kaṟuvāppaṭṭa) — spice
  • Maltese: kannella — spice
  • Maltese: ċinnamonu — spice
  • Māori: hinamona — spice
  • Marathi: दालचिनी (dālcinī) — spice
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tìu — spice
  • Norman: cannelle — spice
  • Norwegian: kanel — spice
  • Occitan: canèla — spice
  • Persian: دارچین (dârčin) — spice
  • Polish: cynamon — spice
  • Portuguese: canela — spice
  • Punjabi: ਦਾਲ਼ਚੀਨੀ (dāḷcīnī) — spice
  • Romanian: scorțișoară — spice
  • Russian: кори́ца (koríca) — spice
  • Sanskrit: दारुचिनी (dārucinī) — spice
  • Sanskrit: चोच (coca) — spice
  • Sanskrit: चोचक (cocaka) — spice
  • Sanskrit: दारुसिता (dārusitā) — spice
  • Sanskrit: बहुगन्ध (bahugandha) — spice
  • Serbo-Croatian: цимет — spice
  • Serbo-Croatian: cimet — spice
  • Shan: ၵႅင်းႁွမ် (kéng hǎum) — spice
  • Slovak: škorica — spice
  • Slovene: cimet — spice
  • Lower Sorbian: cymt — spice
  • Upper Sorbian: cymt — spice
  • Upper Sorbian: skorica — spice
  • Spanish: canela — spice
  • Swahili: dalasini — spice
  • Swedish: kanel — spice
  • Tagalog: kanela — spice
  • Tai Dam: ꪵꪁꪫ꪿ — spice
  • Tajik: дорчин (dorčin) — spice
  • Tamil: கருவாப்பட்டை (karuvāppaṭṭai) — spice
  • Tamil: இலவங்கப்பட்டை (ilavaṅkappaṭṭai) — spice
  • Tatar: дарчин (darçin) — spice
  • Telugu: దాల్చిని (dālcini) — spice
  • Telugu: లవంగపట్ట (lavaṅgapaṭṭa) — spice
  • Thai: อบเชย (òp-chəəi) — spice
  • Tigrinya: ቃርፋ (ḳarfa) — spice
  • Turkish: tarçın — spice
  • Ottoman Turkish: دارچین (darçın) — spice
  • Turkmen: darçyn — spice
  • Ukrainian: кори́ця (korýcja) — spice
  • Ukrainian: цинамо́н (cynamón) — spice
  • Urdu: دارچینی (dārcīnī) — spice
  • Uyghur: دارچىن (darchin) — spice
  • Uzbek: dolchin — spice
  • Uzbek: koritsa — spice
  • Venetan: canela — spice
  • Vietnamese: quế — spice
  • Volapük: kirfat — spice
  • Welsh: sinamon — spice
  • Yiddish: צימרינג (tsimring) — spice
  • Yiddish: צימערינג (tsimering) — spice
  • Armenian: դարչնագույն (darčʻnaguyn) — color
  • Dutch: kaneelkleur — color
  • French: cannelle — color
  • Galician: canela — color
  • Greek: κανελί (kanelí) — color
  • Hungarian: fahéjszín — color
  • Icelandic: kanilbrúnn — color
  • Japanese: 肉桂色 (nikkeiiro) — color
  • Norwegian: kanelfarge — color
  • Portuguese: canela — color
  • Spanish: color canela — color
  • Vietnamese: (màu) nâu vàng — color
  • Volapük: kirfataköl — color
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