name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
marjoram
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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UK: /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/
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General-American: /ˈmɑɹd͡ʒəɹəm/
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 JH ER0 AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amaracus
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The leaves of this plant, especially dried, used in flavouring food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oregano
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb
noun
Meaning 5
aromatic Eurasian perennial
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oregano, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum vulgare
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: origanum
History
Etymology
From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiōrana.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš) — plant
- Arabic: بَرْدَقُوش (bardaqūš) — plant
- Arabic: مَرْزَنْجُوش (marzanjūš) — plant
- Middle Armenian: մարզնկօշ (marznkōš) — plant
- Old Armenian: մարզգոշ (marzgoš) — plant
- Bulgarian: риган (rigan) — plant
- Catalan: marduix — plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 墨角蘭 /墨角兰 (mòjiǎolán) — plant
- Czech: majoránka — plant
- Dutch: echte marjolein — plant
- Esperanto: majorano — plant
- Finnish: maustemeirami — plant
- French: marjolaine — plant
- German: Majoran — plant
- Greek: ματζουράνα (matzourána) — plant
- Ancient Greek: ἀμάρακον (amárakon) — plant
- Ancient Greek: σάμψουχον (sámpsoukhon) — plant
- Hungarian: majoránna — plant
- Hunsrik: Maairon — plant
- Ido: majorano — plant
- Irish: oragán cumhra — plant
- Italian: maggiorana — plant
- Kannada: ಮರುಗ (maruga) — plant
- Korean: 마저럼 (majeoreom) — plant
- Latin: amāracus — plant
- Latin: maiorana — plant
- Latin: majorana — plant
- Macedonian: ма́јоран (májoran) — plant
- Norman: marjolaine — plant
- Old English: cyninges wyrt — plant
- Old English: wurmille — plant
- Polish: majeranek — plant
- Portuguese: manjerona — plant
- Punjabi: ਮਰੂਆ (marūā) — plant
- Romanian: maghiran — plant
- Russian: майора́н (majorán) — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: majòrān — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: majorána — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: màžurān — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: mažurána — plant
- Slovene: majaron — plant
- Spanish: mejorana — plant
- Spanish: mayorana — plant
- Spanish: almoraduj — plant
- Spanish: almoradux (almoradush) — plant
- Spanish: sampsuco — plant
- Spanish: amáraco — plant
- Spanish: sarilla — plant
- Tagalog: mehorana — plant
- Turkish: mercanköşk — plant
- Turkish: yayla kekiği — plant
- Turkish: şile — plant
- Ottoman Turkish: ككلیك اوتی (keklik otu) — plant
- Welsh: penrhudd yr ardd — plant
- Yiddish: מאַיאָראַן (mayoran) — plant
- Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš) — culinary herb
- Arabic: بَرْدَقُوش (bardaqūš) — culinary herb
- Arabic: مَرْزَنْجُوش (marzanjūš) — culinary herb
- Arabic: بَرْدَقوش (bardagūš) — culinary herb
- Bulgarian: риган (rigan) — culinary herb
- Catalan: marduix — culinary herb
- Chinese Mandarin: 墨角蘭 /墨角兰 (mòjiǎolán) — culinary herb
- Czech: majoránka — culinary herb
- Danish: merian — culinary herb
- Dutch: marjolein — culinary herb
- Esperanto: majorano — culinary herb
- Finnish: meirami — culinary herb
- French: marjolaine — culinary herb
- German: Majoran — culinary herb
- Greek: ματζουράνα (matzourána) — culinary herb
- Ancient Greek: ἀμάρακος (amárakos) — culinary herb
- Ancient Greek: σάμψουχον (sámpsoukhon) — culinary herb
- Hungarian: majoránna — culinary herb
- Hunsrik: Maairon — culinary herb
- Irish: oragán cumhra — culinary herb
- Italian: maggiorana — culinary herb
- Korean: 마저럼 (majeoreom) — culinary herb
- Latin: amāracus — culinary herb
- Latin: maiorana — culinary herb
- Latin: majorana — culinary herb
- Macedonian: ма́јоран (májoran) — culinary herb
- Norman: marjolaine — culinary herb
- Polish: majeranek — culinary herb
- Portuguese: manjerona — culinary herb
- Romanian: maghiran — culinary herb
- Russian: майора́н (majorán) — culinary herb
- Serbo-Croatian: majòrān — culinary herb
- Serbo-Croatian: majorána — culinary herb
- Serbo-Croatian: màžurān — culinary herb
- Serbo-Croatian: mažurána — culinary herb
- Slovene: majaron — culinary herb
- Spanish: mejorana — culinary herb
- Spanish: mayorana — culinary herb
- Spanish: almoradux (almoradush) — culinary herb
- Spanish: almoraduj — culinary herb
- Spanish: sampsuco — culinary herb
- Spanish: amáraco — culinary herb
- Spanish: sarilla — culinary herb
- Swedish: mejram — culinary herb
- Tagalog: mehorana — culinary herb
- Turkish: mercanköşk — culinary herb
- Turkish: yayla kekiği — culinary herb
- Turkish: şile — culinary herb
- Welsh: penrhudd yr ardd — culinary herb
- Yiddish: מאַיאָראַן (mayoran) — culinary herb