tarragon

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• /ˈtɛɹəɡɑn/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtæɹəɡən/
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Borrowed from Middle French targon (cf. modern estragon), from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “dragonwort, Dracunculus vulgaris”), from δράκων (drákōn, “dragon, serpent”). Doublet of estragon.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Armenian: թարխուն (tʻarxun) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Azerbaijani: tərxun — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Bulgarian: естрагон (estragon) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Catalan: estragó — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛇蒿 (shéhāo) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 龍蒿 /龙蒿 (lónghāo) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 狹葉青蒿 /狭叶青蒿 (xiáyè qīnghāo) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 他拉根香草 (tālāgēn xiāngcǎo) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 香艾菊 (xiāng'àijú) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Czech: pelyněk kozalec — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Danish: estragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Dutch: dragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Esperanto: estragono — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Estonian: estragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Estonian: estragonpuju — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Finnish: rakuuna — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• French: estragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Georgian: ტარხუნა (ṭarxuna) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Estragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Dragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Dragun — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Drachant — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Bertram — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Greek: εστραγκόν (estragkón) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Ancient Greek: δρακόντιον (drakóntion) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Hungarian: tárkony — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Icelandic: fáfnisgras — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Ido: estragono — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Irish: dragan — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Italian: estragone — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Italian: dragoncello — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Japanese: タラゴン (taragon) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Japanese: エストラゴン — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Korean: 타라곤 (taragon) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Latin: dracunculus — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Macedonian: естрагон (estragon) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Manx: dragane — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Persian: ترخون — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Polish: estragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Portuguese: estragão — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Romanian: tarhon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Russian: эстраго́н (estragón) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Russian: тарху́н (tarxún) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Serbo-Croatian: estragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Serbo-Croatian: taragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Serbo-Croatian: tarkanj — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Serbo-Croatian: kravljak — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Slovene: pẹ́htran — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Lower Sorbian: estragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Spanish: estragón — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Swedish: dragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Tagalog: estragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Turkish: tarhun — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Ottoman Turkish: طرخون (tarhun) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Welsh: taragon — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Welsh: amgwyn — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Yiddish: עסטראַגאָן (estragon) — perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus
• Arabic: طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Armenian: թարխուն (tʻarxun) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Catalan: estragó — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛇蒿 (shéhāo) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 龍蒿 /龙蒿 (lónghāo) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 狹葉青蒿 /狭叶青蒿 (xiáyè qīnghāo) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 他拉根香草 (tālāgēn xiāngcǎo) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Chinese Mandarin: 香艾菊 (xiāng'àijú) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Czech: estragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Danish: estragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Esperanto: estragono — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Estonian: estragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Estonian: estragonpuju — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Finnish: rakuuna — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• French: estragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Georgian: ტარხუნა (ṭarxuna) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Estragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Dragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Dragun — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Drachant — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• German: Bertram — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Greek: εστραγκόν (estragkón) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Hungarian: tárkony — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Icelandic: fáfnisgras — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Icelandic: estragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Ido: estragono — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Irish: dragan — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Japanese: タラゴン — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Manx: dragane — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Persian: ترخون (tarxun) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Polish: estragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Portuguese: estragão — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Romanian: tarhon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Russian: эстраго́н (estragón) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Russian: тарху́н (tarxún) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Slovene: pẹ́htran — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Lower Sorbian: estragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Spanish: estragón — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Swedish: dragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Tagalog: estragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Turkish: tarhun — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Welsh: taragon — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Welsh: amgwyn — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus
• Yiddish: עסטראַגאָן (estragon) — the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus