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tamarind

noun · 8 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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  • /ˈtæməɹɪnd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Other similar species:

Diploglottis australis, native tamarind, a rainforest tree of Eastern Australia.

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

Other similar species:

Garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar tamarind, native to Indonesia.

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

5

noun

Meaning 5

Other similar species:

A velvet tamarind (Dialium spp.).

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

A dark brown color, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown).

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

noun

Meaning 7

large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tamarindo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edible fruit

8

noun

Meaning 8

long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bean tree

History

Etymology

From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).

Across languages

Translations

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: brukë — tropical tree
  • Arabic: تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy) — tropical tree
  • Arabic: تمر هندى (támre héndi) — tropical tree
  • Assamese: তেঁতেলী গছ (tẽteli gos) — tropical tree
  • Bengali: তেঁতুল (tẽtul) — tropical tree
  • Bengali: তিন্তিড়ী (tintiṛi) — tropical tree
  • Bengali: বৃক্ষাম্ল (brikkhamlo) — tropical tree
  • Bulgarian: варзия (varzija) — tropical tree
  • Bulgarian: тамаринд (tamarind) — tropical tree
  • Burmese: မန်ကျည်း (mankyany:) — tropical tree
  • Catalan: tamerinde — tropical tree
  • Cebuano: sambag — tropical tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅望子 /罗望子 (luówàngzǐ) — tropical tree
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mhadju — tropical tree
  • Dutch: tamarinde — tropical tree
  • Esperanto: tamarindarbo — tropical tree
  • Esperanto: tamarindujo — tropical tree
  • Finnish: tamarindi — tropical tree
  • French: tamarinier — tropical tree
  • Fula: jaɓɓehi — tropical tree
  • German: Tamarinde — tropical tree
  • Gujarati: આમલી (āmalī) — tropical tree
  • Hawaiian: wī ʻawaʻawa — tropical tree
  • Hiligaynon: sambag — tropical tree
  • Hindi: इमली (imlī) — tropical tree
  • Hungarian: tamarindusz — tropical tree
  • Ilocano: salomagi — tropical tree
  • Indonesian: asam jawa — tropical tree
  • Irish: tamarain — tropical tree
  • Irish: tor tamaraine — tropical tree
  • Italian: tamarindo — tropical tree
  • Jamaican Creole: tambrin — tropical tree
  • Japanese: タマリンド (tamarindo) — tropical tree
  • Javanese: ꦕꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭꦸꦏ꧀ (cempaluk) — tropical tree
  • Javanese: ꦏꦩꦭꦒꦶ (kamalagi) — tropical tree
  • Kabuverdianu: tanbarina — tropical tree
  • Kannada: ಹುಣಸೆ (huṇase) — tropical tree
  • Kapampangan: sampaluk — tropical tree
  • Kashmiri: تَمبٕر (tambụr) — tropical tree
  • Khmer: ដើមអម្ពិល (daeumʼâmpĭl) — tropical tree
  • Kinaray-a: samalagi — tropical tree
  • Korean: 타마린드 (tamarindeu) — tropical tree
  • Lao: ຂາມ (khām) — tropical tree
  • Malay: asam jawa — tropical tree
  • Malay: celagi — tropical tree
  • Malayalam: പുളി (puḷi) — tropical tree
  • Malayalam: വാളൻപുളി (vāḷaṉpuḷi) — tropical tree
  • Malayalam: ചിഞ്ച (ciñca) — tropical tree
  • Maléku Jaíka: tonh — tropical tree
  • Maranao: sambag — tropical tree
  • Marathi: चिंच (ciñca) — tropical tree
  • Pangasinan: salomage — tropical tree
  • Persian: تمر هندی (tamr-e hendi) — tropical tree
  • Persian: خرمای هندی (xormây-e hendi) — tropical tree
  • Persian: خنجه (xanja) — tropical tree
  • Persian: جنجه (janja) — tropical tree
  • Portuguese: tamarindeiro — tropical tree
  • Portuguese: tamarindeira — tropical tree
  • Portuguese: tamarindo — tropical tree
  • Portuguese: tamarineiro — tropical tree
  • Portuguese: tamarinheiro — tropical tree
  • Romanian: tamarin — tropical tree
  • Russian: тамари́нд (tamarínd) — tropical tree
  • Sanskrit: तिन्त्रिणी (tintriṇī) — tropical tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: индијска хурма — tropical tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: indijska hurma — tropical tree
  • Shan: မၢၵ်ႇၵႅင်း (màak kéng) — tropical tree
  • Sinhalese: සියඹලා (siyambalā) — tropical tree
  • Spanish: tamarindo — tropical tree
  • Swahili: mkwaju — tropical tree
  • Swedish: tamarind — tropical tree
  • Tagalog: sampalok — tropical tree
  • Tagalog: punong sampalok — tropical tree
  • Tamil: புளி (puḷi) — tropical tree
  • Telugu: చింతచెట్టు (cintaceṭṭu) — tropical tree
  • Thai: มะขาม (má-kǎam) — tropical tree
  • Turkish: demirhindi — tropical tree
  • Turkish: Hint hurması — tropical tree
  • Vietnamese: me — tropical tree
  • Volapük: tamarin — tropical tree
  • Yiddish: טאַמאַרינד (tamarind) — tropical tree
  • Assamese: তেঁতেলী (tẽteli) — fruit
  • Bengali: তেঁতুল (tẽtul) — fruit
  • Bengali: তিন্তিড়ী (tintiṛi) — fruit
  • Bulgarian: варзия (varzija) — fruit
  • Bulgarian: тамаринд (tamarind) — fruit
  • Burmese: မန်ကျည်းသီး (mankyany:si:) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酸荳 /酸豆 (suāndòu) — fruit
  • Esperanto: tamarindo — fruit
  • Finnish: tamarindi — fruit
  • French: tamarin — fruit
  • German: Tamarinde — fruit
  • Greek: οξυφοίνικα (oxyfoínika) — fruit
  • Gujarati: આમલી (āmalī) — fruit
  • Hawaiian: wī ʻawaʻawa — fruit
  • Hindi: इमली (imlī) — fruit
  • Hungarian: tamarind — fruit
  • Indonesian: asam jawa — fruit
  • Irish: tamarain — fruit
  • Italian: tamarindo — fruit
  • Jamaican Creole: tambrin — fruit
  • Japanese: タマリンド (tamarindo) — fruit
  • Javanese: asem jawa — fruit
  • Kabuverdianu: tanbarina — fruit
  • Kannada: ಹುಣಸೆ (huṇase) — fruit
  • Khmer: អម្ពិល (ʼɑmpɨl) — fruit
  • Khmer: អំពិល (ʼɑmpɨl) — fruit
  • Korean: 타마린드 (tamarindeu) — fruit
  • Lao: ຫມາກຂາມ (māk khām) — fruit
  • Latvian: tamarinds — fruit
  • Malagasy: kily — fruit
  • Malay: asam jawa — fruit
  • Malayalam: പുളി (puḷi) — fruit
  • Malayalam: വാളൻപുളി (vāḷaṉpuḷi) — fruit
  • Malayalam: ചിഞ്ച (ciñca) — fruit
  • Maranao: sambag — fruit
  • Maranao: banto'on — fruit
  • Marathi: चिंच (ciñca) — fruit
  • Middle English: thamarynde — fruit
  • Odia: ତେନ୍ତୁଳି (tentuḷi) — fruit
  • Persian: تمر هندی (tamr-e hendi) — fruit
  • Persian: خرمای هندی (xormây-e hendi) — fruit
  • Persian: خنجه (xanja) — fruit
  • Persian: جنجه (janja) — fruit
  • Portuguese: tamarindo — fruit
  • Portuguese: tamarinho — fruit
  • Punjabi: ਇਮਲੀ (imalī) — fruit
  • Réunion Creole French: tamarin — fruit
  • Russian: тамари́нд (tamarínd) — fruit
  • Sanskrit: अम्लिका (amlikā) — fruit
  • Santali: ᱡᱚᱡᱚ ᱡᱚ (jôjô jô) — fruit
  • Sinhalese: සියඹලා (siyambalā) — fruit
  • Spanish: tamarindo — fruit
  • Swahili: ukwaju — fruit
  • Swedish: tamarind — fruit
  • Sylheti: ꠔꠦꠔꠂ (tetoi) — fruit
  • Tagalog: sampalok — fruit
  • Tamil: புளி (puḷi) — fruit
  • Tamil: புளியங்காய் (puḷiyaṅkāy) — fruit
  • Tausug: asam — fruit
  • Telugu: చింతపండు (cintapaṇḍu) — fruit
  • Thai: มะขาม (má-kǎam) — fruit
  • Tulu: ಪುಳಿಂಕಟೆ (puḷiṅkaṭe) — fruit
  • Turkish: demirhindi — fruit
  • Turkish: Hint hurması — fruit
  • Vietnamese: me — fruit
  • Vietnamese: trái me — fruit
  • Volapük: tamarinafluk — fruit
  • Yiddish: טאַמאַרינד (tamarind) — fruit