oregano

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹɪˌɡɑːnəʊ/
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• General-American: /əˈɹɛɡənoʊ/
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• CMU ARPABET: AO2 R EH1 G AH0 N OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: ER0 EH1 G AH0 N OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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18th century, from Spanish orégano (“wild marjoram”), from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon). Doublet of origanum.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zaranë — plant
• Albanian: rigon — plant
• Amharic: ኦሬጋኖ (ʾoregano) — plant
• Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš) — plant
• Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش بَرِّيّ (mardaqūš barriyy) — plant
• Arabic: الزَّعْتَر البَرِّي (az-zaʕtar al-barrī) — plant
• Asturian: oriéganu — plant
• Asturian: fluriéganu — plant
• Basque: oregano — plant
• Bulgarian: сушен риган (sušen rigan) — plant
• Catalan: orenga — plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 牛至 (niúzhì) — plant
• Chuvash: матрӳшке (matrüške) — plant
• Czech: dobromysl obecná — plant
• Czech: oregano — plant
• Danish: oregano — plant
• Danish: almindelig merian — plant
• Dutch: wilde marjolein< oregano — plant
• Esperanto: origano — plant
• Finnish: mäkimeirami — plant
• French: marjolaine sauvage — plant
• French: origan — plant
• Galician: ourego — plant
• German: Oregano — plant
• German: Echter Dost — plant
• German: Dost — plant
• German: Wilder Majoran — plant
• Greek: ρίγανη (rígani) — plant
• Ancient Greek: ὀρίγανον (oríganon) — plant
• Ancient Greek: ὀρίγανος (oríganos) — plant
• Hindi: सथ्रा (sathrā) — plant
• Hindi: बनतुलसी (bantulsī) — plant
• Icelandic: óriganó — plant
• Irish: oragán — plant
• Irish: máirtín fiáin — plant
• Italian: origano — plant
• Japanese: 花薄荷 — plant
• Japanese: ハナハッカ (hanahakka) — plant
• Japanese: オレガノ (oregano) — plant
• Komi-Zyrian: вадор душник (vador dušńik) — plant
• Korean: 오레가노 (oregano) — plant
• Latin: orīganum — plant
• Latvian: raudene — plant
• Lithuanian: raudonė̃lis — plant
• Macedonian: орига́но (origáno) — plant
• Maltese: oreganu — plant
• Marathi: ओरेगानो (oregāno) — plant
• Eastern Mari: матрушка (matruška) — plant
• Western Mari: туситӓ (tusitä) — plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bergmynte — plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kung — plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kongsgras — plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: røyspost — plant
• Persian: پونه کوهی — plant
• Persian: مردکوش (mardkuš) — plant
• Polish: oregano — plant
• Polish: lebiodka — plant
• Portuguese: orégano — plant
• Portuguese: orégão — plant
• Romanian: oregano — plant
• Romanian: sovârf — plant
• Russian: души́ца (dušíca) — plant
• Russian: матрёшка (matrjóška) — plant
• Slovak: oregano — plant
• Slovak: pamajorán — plant
• Slovene: origano — plant
• Spanish: orégano — plant
• Swedish: oregano — plant
• Swedish: kungsmynta — plant
• Swedish: vildmejram — plant
• Tagalog: suganda — plant
• Thai: ออริกาโน (ɔɔ-rí-gaa-nôo) — plant
• Turkish: fare kulağı — plant
• Udmurt: пыштурын (pyšturyn) — plant
• Udmurt: матрушка (matruška) — plant
• Ukrainian: материнка (materynka) — plant
• Welsh: oregano — plant
• Yiddish: אָריגאַן (origan) — plant
• Amharic: ኦሬጋኖ (ʾoregano) — leaves used to flavour food
• Arabic: مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš) — leaves used to flavour food
• Bulgarian: риган (rigan) — leaves used to flavour food
• Catalan: orenga — leaves used to flavour food
• Chinese Mandarin: 牛至 (niúzhì) — leaves used to flavour food
• Czech: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Dutch: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Finnish: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• French: origan — leaves used to flavour food
• Galician: ourego — leaves used to flavour food
• German: Oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Greek: ρίγανη (rígani) — leaves used to flavour food
• Ancient Greek: ὀρίγανον (oríganon) — leaves used to flavour food
• Hebrew: אורגנו — leaves used to flavour food
• Irish: oragán — leaves used to flavour food
• Italian: origano — leaves used to flavour food
• Japanese: オレガノ (oregano) — leaves used to flavour food
• Latin: orīganum — leaves used to flavour food
• Lithuanian: raudonė̃lis — leaves used to flavour food
• Macedonian: орига́но (origáno) — leaves used to flavour food
• Māori: orekano — leaves used to flavour food
• Marathi: ओरेगानो (oregāno) — leaves used to flavour food
• Norwegian Bokmål: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Polish: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Portuguese: orégano — leaves used to flavour food
• Portuguese: orégão — leaves used to flavour food
• Romanian: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Romanian: sovârf — leaves used to flavour food
• Russian: орега́н (oregán) — leaves used to flavour food
• Slovene: origano — leaves used to flavour food
• Lower Sorbian: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Lower Sorbian: origano — leaves used to flavour food
• Spanish: orégano — leaves used to flavour food
• Swedish: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Tagalog: suganda — leaves used to flavour food
• Thai: ออริกาโน (ɔɔ-rí-gaa-nôo) — leaves used to flavour food
• Turkish: kekik — leaves used to flavour food
• Turkish: otu kekik — leaves used to flavour food
• Welsh: oregano — leaves used to flavour food
• Yiddish: אָריגאַן (origan) — leaves used to flavour food