sumac

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The noun is derived from Middle English sumac, asimac, simak, sumak, symak (“portions of the shrub Rhus coriaria, chiefly used for medicinal purposes”), from Anglo-Norman sumak, symak, and Old French sumac, or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin sumach, sumac, from Arabic سُمَّاق (summāq), from Classical Syriac ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqā, “red; sumac”). The English word is cognate with Italian sommaco, sommacco, Occitan simac, Portuguese sumagre, Spanish zumaque. The verb is derived from the noun.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sumak — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Albanian: shqeme — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Arabic: سُمَّاق (summāq) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Arabic: سُمَّاق (summāg) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Aramaic: ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqā) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Aramaic: ܐܘܓܐ (ʾawgā, ʾōḡā) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Armenian: աղտոր (aġtor) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Azerbaijani: сумаг — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Azerbaijani: sumaq — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Basque: zumake — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Bulgarian: шмак (šmak) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Catalan: sumac — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Cheyenne: no'aneonó'e — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 鹽膚木屬 /盐肤木属 (yánfūmùshǔ) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Czech: škumpa — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Danish: sumak — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Dutch: sumak — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Esperanto: sumako — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Estonian: sumahh — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Finnish: sumakki — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• French: sumac — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Old French: sumac — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Galician: sumagre — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Georgian: თუთუბო (tutubo) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• German: Sumach — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• German: Rhus — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Greek: σουμάκι (soumáki) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Greek: ρούδι (roúdi) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Ancient Greek: ῥοῦς (rhoûs) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Hebrew: אוג — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Hindi: सुमाक़ (sumāq) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Hungarian: szömörce — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Ido: sumako — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Indonesian: sumac — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Irish: sumach — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Italian: sommacco — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Japanese: 漆の木 (urushi-no-ki) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Japanese: ウルシノキ (urushi-no-ki) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Korean: 붉나무속 (bungnamusok) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Central Kurdish: سماق (simaq) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Northern Kurdish: simaq — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Lithuanian: žagrenis — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Malay: sumac — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Navajo: kʼįįʼ — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: sumakslekta — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sumakslekta — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Persian: سماق (somâq) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Polish: sumak — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Portuguese: sumagre — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Romanian: sumac — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Russian: сума́х (sumáx) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Scots: sumac — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: сумах — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: сумак — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: руј — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕmah — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕmak — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: rȗj — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Slovene: octovec — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Upper Sorbian: sumak — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Spanish: zumaque — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Swahili: mchengele — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Swedish: sumaksläktet — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Turkish: sumak — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Ukrainian: сумах (sumax) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Unami: këlëkënikànakw — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Urdu: سماق (summāq) — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Uzbek: totim — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Zazaki: sımaq — shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.
• Afrikaans: sumak — dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes
• Albanian: shqeme — dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes
• Unami: këlëkënikàn — dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes
• Afrikaans: sumak — sour spice
• Arabic: سُمَّاق (summāq) — sour spice
• Arabic: سُمَّاق (summāg) — sour spice
• Armenian: աղտոր (aġtor) — sour spice
• Azerbaijani: сумаг — sour spice
• Azerbaijani: sumaq — sour spice
• Basque: zumake — sour spice
• Bulgarian: сума́к (sumák) — sour spice
• Catalan: sumac — sour spice
• Czech: sumach — sour spice
• Dutch: sumak — sour spice
• Dutch: zuurkruid — sour spice
• Finnish: sumakki — sour spice
• German: Sumak — sour spice
• Greek: σουμάκι (soumáki) — sour spice
• Japanese: スーマック (sūmakku) — sour spice
• Navajo: chiiłchin — sour spice
• Persian: سماق (somâq) — sour spice
• Persian: ترشابه (toršābe) — sour spice
• Portuguese: sumagre — sour spice
• Russian: сума́х (sumáx) — sour spice
• Serbo-Croatian: руј — sour spice
• Serbo-Croatian: сумах — sour spice
• Serbo-Croatian: сумак — sour spice
• Serbo-Croatian: ruj — sour spice
• Serbo-Croatian: sumah — sour spice
• Serbo-Croatian: sumak — sour spice
• Spanish: zumaque — sour spice
• Swedish: sumak — sour spice
• Turkish: sumak — sour spice