Standard Lemma guide

seasoning

noun · verb · 9 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.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything added to increase enjoyment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An alcoholic intoxication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Some of our gentlemen officers, happening to stop at a tavern, or rather a sort of grogshop, took such a seasoning that two or three of them became “quite frisky.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The air drying of wood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

present participle and gerund of season

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of adding a seasoning to food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change of state

Narrower terms: salting, sweetening

9

noun

Meaning 9

something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ingredient, fixings

Narrower terms: cola extract, anchovy paste, bouillon cube, condiment, herb, spice, peppermint oil, spearmint oil, lemon oil, wintergreen oil, oil of wintergreen, salt, table salt, common salt, celery salt, garlic salt, onion salt, seasoned salt, sour salt, ginger, gingerroot, pepper, peppercorn, sassafras, coriander, coriander seed, fennel seed, fenugreek, fenugreek seed, garlic, ail, garlic chive, mustard seed, nasturtium, turmeric, cardamom, cardamon, cardamum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper, chili powder, curry powder, paprika, angelica, almond extract, anise, aniseed, anise seed, juniper berries, saffron, sesame seed, benniseed, caraway seed, poppy seed, dill seed, celery seed, lemon extract, monosodium glutamate, MSG, vanilla bean, vanilla, vanilla extract, sweetening, sweetener, mocha, cassareep

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French a- Proto-Indo-European *seh1-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh1eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiōnem Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English seasoning From season + -ing.

From Middle English seasonyng, present participle of Middle English sesounen (“to season”), equivalent to season + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аххыла (axxəla) — cooking ingredient
  • Abkhaz: ахәшә (axwŝw) — cooking ingredient
  • Afrikaans: geurmiddels — cooking ingredient
  • Albanian: lezetim — cooking ingredient
  • Arabic: بَهَار (bahār) — cooking ingredient
  • Arabic: تَابِل (tābil) — cooking ingredient
  • Arabic: تَابَل (tābal) — cooking ingredient
  • Arabic: أَبْزَار (ʔabzār) — cooking ingredient
  • Azerbaijani: dadlıq — cooking ingredient
  • Basque: gozagarri — cooking ingredient
  • Belarusian: прыпра́ва (prypráva) — cooking ingredient
  • Bengali: চাট্নি (caṭni) — cooking ingredient
  • Bulgarian: подпра́вка (podprávka) — cooking ingredient
  • Catalan: condiment — cooking ingredient
  • Catalan: amaniment — cooking ingredient
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調味料 /调味料 (tiáowèiliào) — cooking ingredient
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調料 /调料 (tiáoliào) — cooking ingredient
  • Czech: koření — cooking ingredient
  • Czech: ochucovadlo — cooking ingredient
  • Czech: dochucovadlo — cooking ingredient
  • Danish: krydd — cooking ingredient
  • Faroese: krydd — cooking ingredient
  • Finnish: mauste — cooking ingredient
  • Finnish: höyste — cooking ingredient
  • French: assaisonnement — cooking ingredient
  • French: épice — cooking ingredient
  • Galician: adubo — cooking ingredient
  • Galician: condimento — cooking ingredient
  • Georgian: სუნელი (suneli) — cooking ingredient
  • Georgian: საკმაზი (saḳmazi) — cooking ingredient
  • German: Gewürz — cooking ingredient
  • German: Würze — cooking ingredient
  • Ancient Greek: ἄρτυμα (ártuma) — cooking ingredient
  • Hindi: तड़का (taṛkā) — cooking ingredient
  • Hindi: छौंक (cha͠uk) — cooking ingredient
  • Hindi: बघार (baghār) — cooking ingredient
  • Hindi: मसाला (masālā) — cooking ingredient
  • Icelandic: bragðbætir — cooking ingredient
  • Indonesian: bumbu — cooking ingredient
  • Italian: condimento — cooking ingredient
  • Japanese: 調味料 (chōmiryō) — cooking ingredient
  • Kabuverdianu: tenper — cooking ingredient
  • Kabuverdianu: ténpra — cooking ingredient
  • Karakhanid: اُتيَم (otyam) — cooking ingredient
  • Korean: 양념 (yangnyeom) — cooking ingredient
  • Korean: 조미료 (jomiryo) — cooking ingredient
  • Latin: condīmentum — cooking ingredient
  • Malay: perasa — cooking ingredient
  • Maltese: tħawwir — cooking ingredient
  • Persian: چاشنی (čâšni) — cooking ingredient
  • Polish: przyprawa — cooking ingredient
  • Portuguese: tempero — cooking ingredient
  • Portuguese: condimento — cooking ingredient
  • Russian: припра́ва (pripráva) — cooking ingredient
  • Russian: спе́ция (spécija) — cooking ingredient
  • Serbo-Croatian: začin — cooking ingredient
  • Slovak: korenie — cooking ingredient
  • Slovene: začimba — cooking ingredient
  • Spanish: aliño — cooking ingredient
  • Spanish: condimento — cooking ingredient
  • Spanish: sazonante — cooking ingredient
  • Spanish: sazonador — cooking ingredient
  • Swedish: krydda — cooking ingredient
  • Tagalog: panlig-ing — cooking ingredient
  • Tagalog: pampalasa — cooking ingredient
  • Tagalog: pampasarap — cooking ingredient
  • Tagalog: lig-ing — cooking ingredient
  • Thai: เครื่องปรุงรส (krʉ̂ʉang-bprung-rót) — cooking ingredient
  • Turkish: baharat — cooking ingredient
  • Ottoman Turkish: تربیه (terbiye) — cooking ingredient
  • Ukrainian: припра́ва (prypráva) — cooking ingredient
  • Urdu: مصالحہ (masālha) — cooking ingredient
  • Uzbek: ziravor — cooking ingredient
  • Uzbek: dorivor — cooking ingredient
  • Vietnamese: gia vị — cooking ingredient
  • Welsh: sesnin — cooking ingredient
  • Zulu: isithokelo — cooking ingredient
  • French: culottage — add fat layer to cookware
  • Italian: stagionatura — add fat layer to cookware
  • Spanish: curado — add fat layer to cookware
  • French: sèchage — air drying of wood
  • German: lagern zum Trocknen — air drying of wood
  • German: Ablagern — air drying of wood
  • Indonesian: pengeringan — air drying of wood
  • Italian: stagionatura — air drying of wood
  • Malay: pengeringan — air drying of wood
  • Portuguese: condicionar — air drying of wood
  • Spanish: secado — air drying of wood