cardamom

== English == === Alternative forms === cardamon === Etymology === Late Middle English, from Old French cardamome or Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.də.məm/, /ˈkɑː.də.mən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹ.də.məm/, /ˈkɑɹ.dəˌmɑm/ === Noun === cardamom (countable and uncountable, plural cardamoms) An herb, native to India (Elettaria cardamomum). Seed of Elettaria cardamomum, used as a medicine and spice, especially in curry powder. (uncommon, inexact) Synonym of grains of paradise, seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, of East Africa. ==== Synonyms ==== (spice): elaichi, queen of spices ==== Derived terms ==== African cardamom black cardamom Cardamom Mountains green cardamom large cardamom ==== Descendants ==== → Cornish: kardamon ==== Translations ==== === References === “cardamom, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888. Weeks, Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck‘sDictionary of SelectedSynonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages === Further reading === “cardamom”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈum] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈom] === Noun === cardamom m (plural cardamoms) cardamom === Further reading === “cardamom”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cardamome. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kar.daˈmom/ === Noun === cardamom n (uncountable) cardamom ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “cardamom”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026