Sarah asked if Nigella's momma was a poet because she certainly had a lyrical ear for a name.
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Nigella
//naɪˈd͡ʒɛlə//
Synonyms for "nigella" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (6)
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1 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μελάνθιον noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Arabic
1 entries- شُونِيز noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Armenian
1 entries- սոնիճ noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Belarusian
1 entries- чарнушка noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Bulgarian
3 entries- че́рен кимио́н noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- че́рен суса́м noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- челебитка noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Czech
1 entries- černucha noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Estonian
1 entries- mustköömen noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Finnish
1 entries- neito noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
French
1 entries- nigelle noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Galician
1 entries- mourillón noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
German
1 entries- Schwarzkümmel noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Hebrew
1 entries- קֶצַח noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Hungarian
2 entries- kandilla noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- katicavirág noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Latvian
1 entries- melnsēklīte noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Lithuanian
1 entries- juodgrūdė noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Marathi
1 entries- काळे जिरे noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Polish
1 entries- czarnuszka noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Romanian
1 entries- chica-voinicului noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Russian
4 entries- калинджи noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- черну́ха noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- черну́шка noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- чёрный тмин noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- crni sùsam noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- crno sȅme noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- cȓnī kùmīn noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- cȓnī kȉm noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Slovak
1 entries- černuška noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Slovene
1 entries- črníka noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Spanish
2 entries- ajenuz noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- arañuela noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Swedish
1 entries- nigella noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Turkish
4 entries- siyah kimyon noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- siyah susam noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- çörekotu noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- çöreotu noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Ukrainian
2 entries- чо́рний кмин noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
- чорну́шка noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- čornucha noun (plant of the genus Nigella)
Sample sentences
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