Anise

//ˈæn.ɪs//

Synonyms for "anise" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Related words (2)

Noun(2 words)

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Translations

71 translations across 51 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • anys noun (plant)

Albanian

1 entries
  • anasoni noun (plant)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἄνισον noun (plant)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَنْسُون noun (plant)
  • يانسون noun (plant)
  • يانسون noun (plant)
  • يَانَسُون noun (plant)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անիսոն noun (plant)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • анасон noun (plant)

Catalan

2 entries
  • anís noun (plant)
  • matafaluga noun (plant)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • anis noun (plant)
  • sangki noun (plant)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 茴芹 noun (plant)

Czech

1 entries
  • anýz noun (plant)

Danish

1 entries
  • anis noun (plant)

Dutch

1 entries
  • anijs noun (plant)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • anizo noun (plant)
  • anizujo noun (plant)

Finnish

2 entries
  • anis noun (plant)
  • anisruoho noun (plant)

French

1 entries
  • anis noun (plant)

Galician

1 entries
  • anís noun (plant)

German

1 entries
  • Anis noun (plant)

Greek

3 entries
  • άνισο noun (plant)
  • άνισον noun (plant)
  • γλυκάνισος noun (plant)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אניס noun (plant)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ánizs noun (plant)

Ido

1 entries
  • anizo noun (plant)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • adas manis noun (plant)

Irish

1 entries
  • ainís noun (plant)

Italian

2 entries
  • anace noun (plant)
  • anice noun (plant)

Japanese

2 entries
  • アニス noun (plant)
  • 八角 noun (plant)

Korean

1 entries
  • 아니스 noun (plant)

Latin

1 entries
  • anīsum noun (plant)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • anyžius noun (plant)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Anäis noun (plant)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • анасон noun (plant)
  • разијане noun (plant)

Maltese

1 entries
  • ħlewwa noun (plant)

Māori

3 entries
  • anihi noun (plant)
  • kopoti noun (plant)
  • naupiro noun (plant)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • anis noun (plant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • anis noun (plant)

Occitan

1 entries
  • anís noun (plant)

Persian

1 entries
  • انیسون noun (plant)

Polish

1 entries
  • anyż noun (plant)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • anis noun (plant)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਸੌਂਫ noun (plant)

Romanian

2 entries
  • anason noun (plant)
  • anison noun (plant)

Russian

1 entries
  • ани́с noun (plant)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • anis noun (plant)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • anis noun (plant)

Slovak

1 entries
  • aníz noun (plant)

Slovene

1 entries
  • janež noun (plant)

Spanish

2 entries
  • anís noun (plant)
  • matalahúva noun (plant)

Swedish

1 entries
  • anis noun (plant)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சோம்பு noun (plant)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • pissau noun (plant)

Turkish

1 entries
  • anason noun (plant)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • אַניז noun (plant)
  • אַניס noun (plant)
  • אייניס noun (plant)
  • עניס noun (plant)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I like anise liqueur.

Source: tatoeba (8372406)

I wondered what Greek ouzo tasted like. I don't often drink alcohol, but I was curious about its anise flavour.

Source: tatoeba (10644090)

I like to add a couple pods of star anise when cooking rice. It has a slightly sweet flavor and a licorice-like fragrance.

Source: tatoeba (10867856)

You can buy anise tea at the pharmacy.

Source: tatoeba (12224603)

Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.

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