thyme

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tyme, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon). Displaced native Old English boþen. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /taɪm/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /tɑem/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): [tɑe̯m] (South Asia) IPA(key): /ʈʰajm/, /t̪ʰajm/ Rhymes: -aɪm Homophone: time (most accents) === Noun === thyme (countable and uncountable, plural thymes) 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. ==== Usage notes ==== In older Irish and British poems and songs, the plant was sometimes seen as a metaphor for virginity and chastity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === thyme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Thymus (Lamiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Thymus (Lamiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === methy, mythe == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʰy.mɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtiː.me] === Noun === thyme vocative singular of thymus