different between turmeric vs cumin

English

Etymology

From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”). According to Klein, possibly corrupted from Arabic ???????? (kurkum, “Curcuma”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??.m??.?k/, [?t??.m?.?k], (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /?tu?.m?.??k/, [?t?u.m?.?k]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??.m(?).??k/, (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /?tju?.m(?).??k/, /?t?u?.m(?).??k/

Noun

turmeric (countable and uncountable, plural turmerics)

1. (botany) An Indian plant, Curcuma longa, with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
2. (cooking) The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.

   Synonym: haldi

3. A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.

   Synonym: E100

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• curcumin
• golden
• kunyit
• haldi

References

• “termerite, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-25.
• Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.

Further reading

• turmeric at OneLook Dictionary Search
• turmeric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Curcuma longa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Etymology

From Middle English comyn, from Old English cymen (which is cognate with Old High German kumin) and Old French cummin, both from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kúminon), a Semitic borrowing ultimately to be traced to Akkadian ???????????? (Ú.GAMUN /kam?nu/, “cumin”).. Possibly related to caraway.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kju?m?n/, /?k?m?n/, enPR: kyo?o?m?n, k?m??n
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kum?n/, /?kjum?n/, /?k?m?n/, /?k?m?n/, enPR: ko?o?m?n
• Rhymes: -?m?n, -u?m?n

Noun

cumin (usually uncountable, plural cumins)

1. The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.

2. Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.

   Coordinate term: caraway

Translations

See also

• ground

References

Anagrams

• Numic, mucin

French

Etymology

From Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kúminon), itself of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.m??/

Noun

cumin m (plural cumins)

1. The plant cumin
2. Its seed, a spice

Further reading

• “cumin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Vallader) cumün

Etymology

From Medieval Latin comm?nia, neuter plural of Latin comm?nis.

Noun

cumin m (plural cumins)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) village

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) vischnanca
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) vitg