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/taɪm/
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/tɑem/
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[tɑe̯m]
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/ʈhajm/
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/t̪hajm/
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TH AY1 M
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Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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leaves can be used as seasoning for almost any meat and stews and stuffings and vegetables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb
any of various mints of the genus Thymus
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: common thyme, Thymus vulgaris, wild thyme, creeping thyme, Thymus serpyllum
From Middle English tyme, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon). Displaced native Old English boþen.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Akkadian :
𒄩𒋗𒌑
(/ḫašû/)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Albanian :
trumzë
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Albanian :
shtërmen
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Arabic :
زَعْتَر
(zaʕtar)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Arabic :
صَعْتَر
(ṣaʕtar)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Arabic :
حَاشَا
(ḥāšā)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Arabic :
زعتر
(záʕtar)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Arabic :
زَعْتَر
(zaʕtar)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Aramaic :
חָשָׁא
(ḥāšā)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Aramaic :
חָאשָׁא
(ḥāšā)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Aramaic :
ܚܫܐ
(ḥāšā)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Aramaic :
ܚܐܫܐ
(ḥāšā)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Armenian :
ուրց
(urcʻ)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Asturian :
tomillu
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Asturian :
serpollu
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Belarusian :
чабо́р
(čabór)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Bulgarian :
ма́щерка
(mášterka)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Catalan :
farigola
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Catalan :
timó
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Catalan :
tomello
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Catalan :
timonet
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Catalan :
tomell
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Chinese Mandarin :
百里香
(bǎilǐxiāng)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Chinese Mandarin :
麝香草
(shèxiāngcǎo)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Cornish :
kosfinel
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Czech :
mateřídouška
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Czech :
tymián
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Danish :
timian
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Dutch :
tijm
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Esperanto :
timiano
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Estonian :
liivatee
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Estonian :
tüümian
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Finnish :
timjami
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Finnish :
ajuruoho
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
French :
thym
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Galician :
tomiño
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Galician :
tormentelo
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Galician :
tromentelo
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Georgian :
ქონდარი
(kondari)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
German :
Thymian
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Greek :
θυμάρι
(thymári)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Ancient Greek :
θύμον
(thúmon)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Greenlandic :
tupaarnaq
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Hebrew :
תימין
(timín)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Hebrew :
קוֹרָנִית
(qoranít)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Hungarian :
kakukkfű
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Icelandic :
timjan
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Ido :
timiano
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Irish :
tím
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Italian :
timo
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Japanese :
タイム
(taimu)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Kalmyk :
эрвң
(ervñ)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Latin :
thymum
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Lithuanian :
čiobrẽlis
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Lithuanian :
čiõbras
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Macedonian :
тимијан
(timijan)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Macedonian :
мајчина душичка
(majčina dušička)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Macedonian :
матерка
(materka)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Manx :
teim
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Māori :
tāima
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Norwegian Bokmål :
timian
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Norwegian Nynorsk :
timian
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Occitan :
frigola
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Pannonian Rusyn :
мацерина душичка
(macerina dušička)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Persian :
آویشن
(âvišan)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Persian :
حاشا
(hâšâ)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Polish :
tymianek
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Polish :
macierzanka
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Portuguese :
tomilho
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Portuguese :
timo
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Romanian :
lămâioară
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Romanian :
cimbru
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Russian :
тимья́н
(timʹján)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Russian :
чабре́ц
(čabréc)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Scottish Gaelic :
tìom
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Serbo-Croatian :
тѝмија̄н
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Serbo-Croatian :
tìmijān
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Slovene :
tȋmijan
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Upper Sorbian :
duška
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Upper Sorbian :
babyduška
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Upper Sorbian :
babina duška
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Spanish :
tomillo
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Spanish :
ditén
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Swedish :
timjan
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Tagalog :
tomilyo
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Tatar :
чабыр
(çabır)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Turkish :
kekik
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Ukrainian :
чебре́ць
(čebrécʹ)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Urdu :
حاشا
(hāśā)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Vietnamese :
húng tây
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Volapük :
tüum
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Welsh :
teim
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Welsh :
gruw
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme
Yiddish :
טימיאַן
(timyan)
— plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme