adj
Meaning 1
Of a reddish-brown color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
ginger
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UK: /ˈdʒɪndʒə/
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US: /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having hair or fur of this color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a ginger tomcat
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adj
Meaning 3
Very careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, UK, US, regional
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Synonyms: gingerish, gingerly
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adj
Meaning 4
Homosexual.
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Usage: Cockney, UK, not-comparable, slang
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adv
Meaning 5
In a very careful or cautious manner; also, delicately, sensitively.
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Synonyms: gingerly
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
A female given name from English and nickname. Popularized by actress Ginger Rogers
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name
Meaning 7
A male nickname.
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Usage: rare
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name
Meaning 8
A given name for animals having ginger- or orange-coloured fur or feathers.
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noun
Meaning 9
The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
The plant that produces this rhizome.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
A reddish-brown color.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
A person with reddish hair; a redhead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable, derogatory, often
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noun
Meaning 14
Vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character).
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Usage: colloquial, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 15
Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if dry).
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Usage: colloquial, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 16
Any fizzy soft drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, colloquial, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: especially Glasgow
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noun
Meaning 17
A homosexual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, UK, slang
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verb
Meaning 18
To add ginger to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 19
To enliven, to spice (up).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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verb
Meaning 20
To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 21
To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Nigeria, transitive
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verb
Meaning 22
To move gingerly, in a very careful and cautious manner.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 23
(used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes
- a ginger kitten
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Synonyms: gingery
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 24
liveliness and energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep
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Synonyms: pep, peppiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness
noun
Meaning 25
pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gingerroot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
noun
Meaning 26
dried ground gingerroot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: powdered ginger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spice
noun
Meaning 27
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: common ginger, Canton ginger, stem ginger, Zingiber officinale, galangal, Alpinia galanga, lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum, Alpinia officinalis, red ginger, Alpinia purpurata, shellflower, shall-flower, shell ginger, Alpinia Zerumbet, Alpinia speciosa, Languas speciosa
verb
Meaning 28
add ginger to in order to add flavor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ginger the soup
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: zest, spice, spice up
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci) Proto-Dravidian *wēr Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr) Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der. Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor. Latin zingiberi Late Latin gingiberbor. Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō Old English gingifer ▲ Old French gingembreinflu. Middle English gingivere Middle English gingere English ginger Inherited from Middle English gingere, alteration of gingivere, from Old English gingifer, gingiber (influenced by Old French gingembre), from Medieval Latin gingiber, zingiber, from Latin zingiberi, from Late Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), ultimately from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr), a compound of 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci, “ginger”) and 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr, “root”) (compare modern Tamil இஞ்சிவேர் (iñcivēr), from இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”)).
Back-formation from gingerly (adverb).
Cockney rhyming slang: ginger beer, queer.
A diminutive of Virginia; also a nickname for someone or something with ginger-coloured hair.
Across languages
Translations
391 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab) — reddish-brown
- Belarusian: руды́ (rudý) — reddish-brown
- Bulgarian: риж (riž) — reddish-brown
- Catalan: pèl-roig — reddish-brown
- Czech: zrzavý — reddish-brown
- Dutch: ros — reddish-brown
- Dutch: rosse — reddish-brown
- Esperanto: rufa — reddish-brown
- French: roux — reddish-brown
- French: rousse — reddish-brown
- Galician: roxo — reddish-brown
- Galician: rubio — reddish-brown
- Georgian: ჟღალი (žɣali) — reddish-brown
- Georgian: წითელი (c̣iteli) — reddish-brown
- German: rothaarig — reddish-brown
- German: rot — reddish-brown
- German: fuchsig — reddish-brown
- German: rotbraun — reddish-brown
- German: fuchsrot — reddish-brown
- Hungarian: vörösesszőke — reddish-brown
- Irish: rua — reddish-brown
- Japanese: 生姜色 (shōga iro no) — reddish-brown
- Japanese: 赤褐色の (seki-kasshoku no) — reddish-brown
- Macedonian: лисест (lisest) — reddish-brown
- Manx: ruy — reddish-brown
- Polish: rudy — reddish-brown
- Polish: ruda — reddish-brown
- Polish: ryży — reddish-brown
- Polish: ryża — reddish-brown
- Russian: ры́жий (rýžij) — reddish-brown
- Slovak: hrdzavý — reddish-brown
- Slovak: hrdzavá — reddish-brown
- Slovak: ryšavý — reddish-brown
- Slovak: ryšavá — reddish-brown
- Spanish: rufo — reddish-brown
- Ukrainian: руди́й (rudýj) — reddish-brown
- Belarusian: імбі́рны (imbírny) — flavor
- Czech: zázvorový — flavor
- Georgian: იმბირის (imbiris) — flavor
- Hungarian: gyömbér — flavor
- Japanese: 生姜味 (shōga aji no) — flavor
- Macedonian: ѓумбиров (ǵumbirov) — flavor
- Polish: imbirowy — flavor
- Russian: имби́рный (imbírnyj) — flavor
- Tamil: இஞ்சி (iñci) — flavor
- Ukrainian: імби́рний (imbýrnyj) — flavor
- Afrikaans: gemmer — plant
- Afrikaans: gember — plant
- Aklanon: euy-a — plant
- Albanian: xhenxhefil — plant
- Amharic: ዝንጅብል (zənǧəbəl) — plant
- Arabic: زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl) — plant
- Arabic: جنزبيل (ganzabīl) — plant
- Arabic: زنجبيل (zangabīl) — plant
- Arabic: زنجبيل (zanjabīl) — plant
- Arabic: سكينجبير (skīnjbīr) — plant
- Arabic: سكنجبير (skanjbīr) — plant
- Armenian: կոճապղպեղ (kočapġpeġ) — plant
- Armenian: իմբիր (imbir) — plant
- Armenian: տաքկոճ (takʻkoč) — plant
- Armenian: սնգրվեղ (sngrveġ) — plant
- Armenian: զանջաֆիլ (zanǰafil) — plant
- Asi: yud-a — plant
- Assamese: আদা (ada) — plant
- Asturian: xenxibre — plant
- Azerbaijani: zəncəfil — plant
- Basque: jengibre — plant
- Belarusian: імбі́р (imbír) — plant
- Bengali: আদা (ada) — plant
- Bhojpuri: अदरक (adərak) — plant
- Central Bikol: laya — plant
- Bulgarian: джинджифи́л (džindžifíl) — plant
- Burmese: ချင်း (hkyang:) — plant
- Catalan: gingebre — plant
- Cebuano: luy-a — plant
- Chakma: 𑄃𑄘 (ādā) — plant
- Chinese Cantonese: 薑 /姜 (goeng1) — plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 薑 /姜 (jiāng) — plant
- Coptic: ⲥⲓⲛϭⲓⲡⲓⲗ (sinčipil) — plant
- Coptic: ⲍⲁⲙⲡⲟⲗⲓⲟⲛ (zampolion) — plant
- Cornish: jynjer — plant
- Cornish: jynjyber — plant
- Czech: zázvor — plant
- Danish: ingefær — plant
- Dutch: gember — plant
- Esperanto: zingibro — plant
- Estonian: ingver — plant
- Faroese: ingifer — plant
- Fijian: layalaya — plant
- Fijian: cagolaya — plant
- Finnish: inkivääri — plant
- French: gingembre — plant
- North Frisian: Ingifiar — plant
- Saterland Frisian: Gänfer — plant
- West-Frisian: gimber — plant
- Friulian: zenzar — plant
- Galician: sinxebra — plant
- Galician: xenxibre — plant
- Georgian: კოჭა (ḳoč̣a) — plant
- German: Ingwer — plant
- Greek: πιπερόριζα (piperóriza) — plant
- Ancient Greek: ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis) — plant
- Gujarati: અદરક (adarak) — plant
- Hawaiian: ʻawapuhi Pākē — plant
- Hebrew: זַנְגְּבִיל (zangvíl) — plant
- Higaonon: luy-a — plant
- Hiligaynon: luy-a — plant
- Hindi: अदरक (adrak) — plant
- Hungarian: gyömbér — plant
- Ibaloi: agat — plant
- Ibanag: laya — plant
- Icelandic: engifer — plant
- Ilocano: laya — plant
- Indonesian: jahe — plant
- Irish: sinséar — plant
- Italian: zenzero — plant
- Japanese: 生姜 (shōga) — plant
- Jarai: rơya — plant
- Javanese: jahe — plant
- Jeju: 셍강 (senggang) — plant
- Kannada: ಶುಂಠಿ (śuṇṭhi) — plant
- Kapampangan: laya — plant
- Kazakh: жанжабіл (janjabıl) — plant
- Kazakh: занзабіл (zanzabıl) — plant
- Kazakh: зімбір (zımbır) — plant
- Khmer: ខ្ញី (kñəy) — plant
- Korean: 생강 (saenggang) — plant
- Northern Kurdish: zencebîl — plant
- Kyrgyz: имбирь (imbir) — plant
- Lao: ຂີງ (khīng) — plant
- Latin: zingiber — plant
- Latvian: ingvers — plant
- Lisu: ꓚꓬꓺ (tʃɑ̱) — plant
- Lisu: ꓚꓬꓮꓥꓺ (tʃɑ̱ŋ) — plant
- Lithuanian: imbieras — plant
- Luxembourgish: Ingwer — plant
- Luxembourgish: Geimer — plant
- Macedonian: ѓу́мбир (ǵúmbir) — plant
- Malagasy: sakamalao — plant
- Malay: halia — plant
- Malayalam: ഇഞ്ചി (iñci) — plant
- Maltese: ġinġer — plant
- Manchu: ᡶ᠋ᡠᡵᡤᡳᠰᡠ (furgisu) — plant
- Manx: jinshar — plant
- Marathi: आले (āle) — plant
- Middle English: gingivere — plant
- Mizo: sawhthîng — plant
- Mongolian: цагаан гаа (cagaan gaa) — plant
- Norman: gengive — plant
- Norwegian Bokmål: ingefær — plant
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ingefær — plant
- Occitan: gengibre — plant
- Odia: ଅଦା (adā) — plant
- Old East Slavic: имберъ (imberŭ) — plant
- Old East Slavic: инберъ (inberŭ) — plant
- Old English: gingifer — plant
- Pangasinan: agat — plant
- Pannonian Rusyn: дюмбир (djumbir) — plant
- Pashto: زنجبيل (zanjabíl) — plant
- Pashto: زنجفيل (zanǰafíl) — plant
- Pashto: زنجپيل (zanjapíl) — plant
- Pashto: سونډى (sunḍáy) — plant
- Pashto: شنډ (šanḍ) — plant
- Pashto: شونډ (šunḍ) — plant
- Persian: زنجبیل (zanjebil) — plant
- Persian: شنگویر (šangevir) — plant
- Plautdietsch: Enjwa — plant
- Polish: imbir — plant
- Portuguese: gengibre — plant
- Rohingya: ada — plant
- Romanian: ghimber — plant
- Russian: имби́рь (imbírʹ) — plant
- Sanskrit: आर्द्रक (ārdraka) — plant
- Scottish Gaelic: dinnsear — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: ђумбир — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: ђѝнђер — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: đùmbīr — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: đìnđer — plant
- Sicilian: gènciru — plant
- Sicilian: zenzeru — plant
- Sinhalese: ඉඟුරු (inguru) — plant
- Slovak: zázvor — plant
- Slovak: ďumbier — plant
- Slovene: ingver — plant
- Spanish: jengibre — plant
- Sundanese: jahé — plant
- Swahili: mtangawizi — plant
- Swedish: ingefära — plant
- Tagalog: luya — plant
- Tahitian: reʻa — plant
- Tahitian: reʻa tinitō — plant
- Tajik: занҷабил (zanjabil) — plant
- Tamil: இஞ்சி (iñci) — plant
- Tatar: имбир (imbir) — plant
- Tausug: luuya — plant
- Tausug: langkuwas — plant
- Telugu: అల్లము (allamu) — plant
- Telugu: ఓల్లము (ōllamu) — plant
- Telugu: ఆర్ద్రకము (ārdrakamu) — plant
- Telugu: శృంగబేరము (śr̥ṅgabēramu) — plant
- Thai: ขิง (kǐng) — plant
- Tibetan: སྒ (sga) — plant
- Tigre: ዝንጅብል (zənǧəbəl) — plant
- Tok Pisin: gorgor — plant
- Tok Pisin: kawawar — plant
- Turkish: zencefil — plant
- Turkmen: zenjebil — plant
- Ukrainian: імби́р (imbýr) — plant
- Urdu: ادرک (adrak) — plant
- Uyghur: زەنجىۋىل (zenjiwil) — plant
- Uzbek: zanjabil — plant
- Venetan: xènxaro — plant
- Vietnamese: gừng — plant
- Volapük: zingib — plant
- Welsh: sinsir — plant
- Yiddish: אינגבער (ingber) — plant
- Yoruba: atalẹ̀ — plant
- Zhuang: hing — plant
- Zyphe: ee sing — plant
- Albanian: xhenxhefil — spice
- Amharic: ዝንጅብል (zənǧəbəl) — spice
- Arabic: زَنْجَبِيل (zanjabīl) — spice
- Arabic: جنزبيل (ganzabīl) — spice
- Armenian: կոճապղպեղ (kočapġpeġ) — spice
- Armenian: իմբիր (imbir) — spice
- Azerbaijani: zəncəfil — spice
- Bengali: আদা (ada) — spice
- Central Bikol: laya — spice
- Bulgarian: джинджифи́л (džindžifíl) — spice
- Catalan: gingebre — spice
- Cebuano: luy-a — spice
- Chinese Cantonese: 薑 /姜 (goeng1) — spice
- Chinese Mandarin: 薑 /姜 (jiāng) — spice
- Cornish: jynjer — spice
- Cornish: jynjyber — spice
- Crimean Tatar: zencefil — spice
- Czech: zázvor — spice
- Danish: ingefær — spice
- Central Dusun: layo — spice
- Dutch: gember — spice
- Dzongkha: ས་གཱ་ (sa gā) — spice
- Esperanto: zingibro — spice
- Faroese: ingifer — spice
- Fijian: layalaya — spice
- Fijian: cagolaya — spice
- Finnish: inkivääri — spice
- French: gingembre — spice
- North Frisian: Ingifiar — spice
- West-Frisian: gimber — spice
- Galician: sinxebra — spice
- Galician: xenxibre — spice
- Georgian: კოჭა (ḳoč̣a) — spice
- German: Ingwer — spice
- Greek: τζίντζερ (tzíntzer) — spice
- Greek: πιπερόριζα (piperóriza) — spice
- Ancient Greek: ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis) — spice
- Gujarati: આદું (ādũ) — spice
- Hawaiian: ʻawapuhi Pākē — spice
- Hebrew: זַנְגְּבִיל (zangvíl) — spice
- Hindi: आदा (ādā) — spice
- Hungarian: gyömbér — spice
- Icelandic: engifer — spice
- Indonesian: jahe — spice
- Irish: sinséar — spice
- Italian: zenzero — spice
- Japanese: 生姜 (shōga) — spice
- Khmer: ខ្ញី (kñəy) — spice
- Korean: 생강 (saenggang) — spice
- Northern Kurdish: zencefîl — spice
- Lao: ຂີງ (khīng) — spice
- Latin: zingiber — spice
- Lutuv: iesing — spice
- Macedonian: ѓу́мбир (ǵúmbir) — spice
- Malay: halia — spice
- Malayalam: ഇഞ്ചി (iñci) — spice
- Manchu: ᡶ᠋ᡠᡵᡤᡳᠰᡠ (furgisu) — spice
- Manx: jinshar — spice
- Māori: kōpī — spice
- Māori: tinitia — spice
- Marathi: आले (āle) — spice
- Middle English: gingivere — spice
- Middle English: gyngebred — spice
- Mongolian: гаа (gaa) — spice
- Nepali: अदुवा (aduwā) — spice
- Norwegian Bokmål: ingefær — spice
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ingefær — spice
- Odia: ଅଦା (adā) — spice
- Old English: gingifer — spice
- Old Norse: gingibráð — spice
- Pannonian Rusyn: дюмбир (djumbir) — spice
- Persian: زنجبیل (zanjebil) — spice
- Plautdietsch: Enjwa — spice
- Polish: imbir — spice
- Portuguese: gengibre — spice
- Punjabi: ਸੁੰਢ (suṇḍh) — spice
- Réunion Creole French: zinzanm — spice
- Romanian: ghimber — spice
- Russian: имби́рь (imbírʹ) — spice
- Sanskrit: आर्द्रक (ārdraka) — spice
- Scottish Gaelic: dinnsear — spice
- Sinhalese: ඉඟුරු (inguru) — spice
- Slovak: zázvor — spice
- Slovak: ďumbier — spice
- Slovene: ingver — spice
- Spanish: jengibre — spice
- Swahili: tangawizi — spice
- Swedish: ingefära — spice
- Tagalog: luya — spice
- Tahitian: reʻa — spice
- Tahitian: reʻa tinitō — spice
- Tamil: இஞ்சி (iñci) — spice
- Tausug: luya — spice
- Telugu: అల్లము (allamu) — spice
- Thai: ขิง (kǐng) — spice
- Tigre: ዝንጅብል (zənǧəbəl) — spice
- Tocharian B: tvānkaro — spice
- Tok Pisin: gorgor — spice
- Tok Pisin: kawawar — spice
- Turkish: zencefil — spice
- Turkmen: zenjebil — spice
- Ukrainian: імби́р (imbýr) — spice
- Uzbek: zanjabil — spice
- Vietnamese: gừng — spice
- Volapük: zingib — spice
- Welsh: sinsir — spice
- Zhuang: hing — spice
- Bulgarian: риж (riž) — colour/color
- Chinese Mandarin: 薑黃色 /姜黄色 (jiānghuángsè) — colour/color
- Georgian: მოწითალო (moc̣italo) — colour/color
- Georgian: წითური (c̣ituri) — colour/color
- Georgian: ჟღალი (žɣali) — colour/color
- Greek: πυρρόν (pyrrón) — colour/color
- Greek: πυρρόξανθο (pyrróxantho) — colour/color
- Greek: ξανθοκόκκινο (xanthokókkino) — colour/color
- Japanese: 生姜色 (shōgairo) — colour/color
- Japanese: 赤褐色 (seki-kasshoku) — colour/color
- Macedonian: лисеста (lisesta) — colour/color
- Māori: pākā — colour/color
- Polish: (kolor) imbirowy — colour/color
- Polish: rudy — colour/color
- Slovene: rdečkasta barva — colour/color
- Tajik: малла (malla) — colour/color
- Turkish: kızıl — colour/color
- Welsh: melyngoch — colour/color
- Welsh: coch — colour/color
- Welsh: cringoch — colour/color
- Catalan: pèl-roig — person with reddish-brown hair
- Catalan: pèl-roja — person with reddish-brown hair
- Chinese Mandarin: 薑黃色頭髮的人 /姜黄色头发的人 (jiānghuángsè tóufa de rén) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Czech: zrzek — person with reddish-brown hair
- Czech: zrzka — person with reddish-brown hair
- Dutch: ros — person with reddish-brown hair
- Finnish: punahiuksinen — person with reddish-brown hair
- French: rouquin — person with reddish-brown hair
- French: rouquemoute — person with reddish-brown hair
- Galician: rubio — person with reddish-brown hair
- Galician: roibo — person with reddish-brown hair
- Galician: roxo — person with reddish-brown hair
- Georgian: წითური (c̣ituri) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Georgian: ჟღალთმიანი (žɣaltmiani) — person with reddish-brown hair
- German: Rotkopf — person with reddish-brown hair
- German: Rotschopf — person with reddish-brown hair
- Greek: πυρρόξανθος (pyrróxanthos) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Greek: ξανθοκόκκινος (xanthokókkinos) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Hebrew: ג׳ינג׳י (jínji) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Hebrew: ג׳ינג׳ית (jínjit) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Italian: pel di carota — person with reddish-brown hair
- Italian: testarossa — person with reddish-brown hair
- Japanese: 赤毛 (akage) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Māori: urukehu — person with reddish-brown hair
- Navajo: tsiiłchíʼí — person with reddish-brown hair
- Polish: rudzielec — person with reddish-brown hair
- Portuguese: ruivo — person with reddish-brown hair
- Romanian: roșcat — person with reddish-brown hair
- Russian: ры́жий (rýžij) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Russian: ры́жая (rýžaja) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Slovak: ryšavec — person with reddish-brown hair
- Spanish: pelirrojo — person with reddish-brown hair
- Spanish: colorín — person with reddish-brown hair
- Spanish: choco — person with reddish-brown hair
- Swedish: rödtott — person with reddish-brown hair
- Turkish: kızıl — person with reddish-brown hair
- Ukrainian: руди́й (rudýj) — person with reddish-brown hair
- Welsh: cochyn — person with reddish-brown hair
- Welsh: cochen — person with reddish-brown hair
- Hungarian: megfűszerez — enliven
- Māori: whakahohe — enliven
- Welsh: ysbarduno — enliven
- Welsh: symbylu — enliven
- Welsh: cynhyrfu — enliven
- Welsh: ysgogi — enliven
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