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coriander

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒ.ɹiˈæn.də/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈkɔ.ɹiˌæn.dɚ/
  • General-American: /ˌkɔ.ɹiˈæn.dɚ/
  • rhymes with -ændə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO2 R IY0 AE1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The dried fruits thereof, used as a spice.

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

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: Chinese parsley, cilantro

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb

4

noun

Meaning 4

dried coriander seeds used whole or ground

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coriander seed

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning

5

noun

Meaning 5

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 plant, Chinese parsley, cilantro, Coriandrum sativum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

History

Etymology

From Middle English coriandre, from Anglo-Norman coriandre, from Old French corïandre, from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), of uncertain origin. Doublet of cilantro. cognates, etc. Compare Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίαμβλον (koríamblon), Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀪𐁀𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-a2-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ja-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀈𐀜 (ko-ri-ja-do-no), 𐀒𐀪𐀍𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-jo-da-na), Akkadian 𒌑𒄷𒌷𒌝 (^úḫurium) Aramaic כסברה (kusbara, “coriander”), Classical Syriac ܟܽܘܣܒܰܪܬܳܐ (kūsbartā, “coriander”) and Arabic كُزْبَرَة (kuzbara). Beekes supposes that cluster -dn- implies a Pre-Greek word, and hypothesizes that *koriandro- may have dissimilated to *koriandno-.

Across languages

Translations

191 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abaza: адгьакъван (adgjaqwʼan) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Abkhaz: акәыландыр (akwʼəlandər) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Afrikaans: koljander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Afrikaans: dhanja — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Aghul: кӏашниш (kʼašniš) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Akkadian: 𒊺𒇽 (kisibirru) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: كُزْبَرَة (kuzbara) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: قُسْبَرَة (qusbara) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: قَسْبُور (qasbūr) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: كَسْبُور (kasbūr) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: قَزْبُور (qazbūr) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: كَزْبُور (kazbūr) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: قُسْبَر (qusbar) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: قُزْبَر (quzbar) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: كُسْبَر (kusbar) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: كُزْبَر (kuzbar) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: قُزْبَرَة (quzbara) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: كُسْبَرَة (kusbara) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: كزبرة (kuzbara) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: كُزْبَرة (kuzbara) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Arabic: قزبور (qazbūr) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Tunisian Arabic: تَابِل (tābil) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܘܠܐ (tōlā) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Aramaic: ܟܘܣܒܪܬܐ (kusbarṯā) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Aramaic: ܬܘܠܐ (tawlā) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Aramaic: ܓܫܢܝܙ (gešnīz) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Aramaic: כוסברתא (kusbarṯā) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Aramaic: גּׅידא (giḏā) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Armenian: գինձ (ginj) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Old Armenian: գինձ (ginj) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Assamese: ধনিয়া (dhonia) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Assamese: মেমেধু (memedhu) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Avar: гъаранхер (ğaranxer) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Azerbaijani: keşniş — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Basque: martorri — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Bats: ქინძ (kinʒ) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Bengali: ধনিয়া (dhoniẏa) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Bulgarian: кориандър (koriandǎr) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Burmese: နံနံ (namnam) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Burmese: နံနံပင် (namnampang) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Catalan: coriandre — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Catalan: celiandre — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Chinese Cantonese: 芫茜 (jyun4 sai1, jim4 sai1) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香菜 (xiāngcài) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芫荽 (yánsui, yuánsuī) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胡荽 (húsuī) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • East Circassian: къуэнгын (qwɛnɣən) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Cornish: koriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Cornish: losowen an bara — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Czech: koriandr — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Danish: koriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Dhivehi: ކޮތަނބިރ (kotambir) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Dutch: koriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Dutch: ketoembar — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Dutch: wantsenkruid — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Dzongkha: འོད་སུ་ ('od su) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Esperanto: koriandro — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Faroese: deymkorra — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Finnish: korianteri — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • French: coriandre — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Galician: coandro — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Galician: coriandro — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Georgian: ქინძი (kinʒi) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • German: Koriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Greek: κόλιαντρος (kóliantros) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ancient Greek: κορίαννον (koríannon) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ja-da-na) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Gujarati: કોથમીર (kothmīr) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Gujarati: ધાણા (dhāṇā) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Hebrew: כֻּסְבָּרָה (kusbára) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Hebrew: גָּד (gad) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Hiligaynon: kulantro — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Hindi: धनिया (dhaniyā) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Hungarian: koriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Icelandic: kóríander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Indonesian: ketumbar — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Irish: lus an choire — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Italian: coriandolo — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Japanese: コリアンダー (koriandā) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Japanese: 香菜 (kōsai) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Japanese: シャンツァイ (shantsai) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Japanese: パクチー (pakuchī) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Kannada: ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ (kottumbari) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Kazakh: күнзе (künze) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Khinalug: кишниш (kišniš) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Korean: 고수 (gosu) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Central Kurdish: گژنیژ (gijnîj) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Northern Kurdish: gijnîj — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Latin: coriandrum — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Laz: ქიშნიშ (kişniş) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Laz: ქინძი (kinżi) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Malay: ketumbar — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Māori: korianara — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Marathi: कोथिंबीर (kothimbīr) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Mingrelian: ქინძი (kinʒi) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Norwegian: koriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ossetian: киндзӕ (kinʒæ) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Dari: گَشْنِیز (gašnīz) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Iranian Persian: گِشْنیز (gešniz) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Polish: kolendra — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Portuguese: coentro — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Punic: 𐤂𐤃 (gd) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Rengao: ngo — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Romanian: coriandru — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Russian: кориа́ндр (koriándr) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Russian: кинза́ (kinzá) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Salar: dene — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Sanskrit: ধানেয (dhāneya) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: korijandar — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: korijander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Sicilian: cugghiandru — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Sinhalese: කොත්තමල්ලි (kottamalli) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Slovak: koriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Slovene: koriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Spanish: cilantro — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Spanish: coriandro — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Spanish: culantro — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Svan: ქინზ (kinz) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Swahili: mgiligilani — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Swedish: koriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠈꠞ ꠙꠣꠔꠣ (baxór fata) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Sylheti: ꠗꠥꠟꠣ ꠙꠣꠔꠣ (dúla fata) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Tabasaran: кӏашниш (ḳašniš) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Tagalog: wansoy — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Tajik: кашнич (kašnič) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Tamil: கொத்தமல்லி (kottamalli) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Tamil: கொத்துமல்லி (kottumalli) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Tamil: தனியா (taṉiyā) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Telugu: ధనియాలు (dhaniyālu) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Telugu: కొత్తిమీర (kottimīra) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Thai: ผักชี — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Tibetan: འུ་སུ ('u su) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Turkish: kişniş — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Turkish: küzbere — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Turkish: leylek otu — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Turkish: golyandro — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ottoman Turkish: كشنش (kişniş) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Udi: həvic — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎄 (gd) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ukrainian: кінза́ (kinzá) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ukrainian: коля́ндра (koljándra) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Uzbek: кашнич (kashnich) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Uzbek: кинза (kinza) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Uzbek: kashnich — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Uzbek: kinza — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Volapük: koriand — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Volapük: korien — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Volapük: koriandasid — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Volapük: korienasid — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Volapük: koriandasids — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Volapük: korienasids — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Volapük: koriandaleül — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Volapük: korienaleül — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Welsh: coriander — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Welsh: llysiau'r bara — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Yiddish: פֿעלד־גליאַנדער (feld-glyander) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Yiddish: גליאַנדער (glyander) — Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Afrikaans: koljander — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Afrikaans: dhanja — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Burmese: နံနံစေ့ (namnamce.) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芫荽籽 (yánsuīzǐ) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Dutch: korianderzaad — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Dutch: koriander — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Finnish: korianteri — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • French: coriandre — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • French: graine de coriandre — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Galician: coandro — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • German: Koriander — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • German: Koriandersamen — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ancient Greek: κορίαννον (koríannon) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ja-da-na) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Gujarati: કોથમીર (kothmīr) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Gujarati: ધાણા (dhāṇā) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Hindi: धनिया (dhaniyā) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Indonesian: ketumbar — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Japanese: コリアンダー (koriandā) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Japanese: コリアンダーシード (koriandā shīdo) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Kannada: ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ ಅಥವಾ (kottumbari athavā) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Kannada: ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ ಬೀಜ (kottumbari bīja) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Malay: ketumbar — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Brunei Malay: ketumbar — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Dari: تُخْمِ گَشْنِیز (tuxm-i gašnīz) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Polish: kolendra — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Swahili: giligilani — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Tibetan: འུ་སུ ('u su) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Turkish: kişniş — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Turkish: kişniş tohumu — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎄 (gd) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ukrainian: коріа́ндр (koriándr) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Ukrainian: коля́ндра (koljándra) — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
  • Welsh: coriander — dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
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