Chai tea often contains cardamom.
Source: tatoeba (483699)
Cardamom
//ˈkɑː.də.məm//
Synonyms for "cardamom" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (7)
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8 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
154 translations across 73 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- elaichi noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- kardemom noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- καρδάμωμον noun (E. cardamomum)
- καρδάμωμον noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Arabic
4 entries- حَبَّهَان noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- حَبْهَان noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- هيل noun (E. cardamomum)
- هيل noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Armenian
4 entries- անդրիտակ noun (E. cardamomum)
- կարդամոն noun (E. cardamomum)
- հիլ noun (E. cardamomum)
- հիլ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Assamese
2 entries- ইলাচি noun (E. cardamomum)
- ইলাচি noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- hil noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Bengali
3 entries- এলাচ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- এলাচি noun (E. cardamomum)
- এলাচি noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кардамо́н noun (E. cardamomum)
- кардамон noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Burmese
2 entries- ဖာလာ noun (E. cardamomum)
- ဖာလာစေ့ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Catalan
2 entries- cardamom noun (E. cardamomum)
- cardamom noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 小豆蔻 noun (E. cardamomum)
- 豆蔻 noun (E. cardamomum)
Danish
2 entries- kardemomme noun (E. cardamomum)
- kardemomme noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ކާފޫރު ތޮޅި noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Dutch
1 entries- kardemom noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Dzongkha
1 entries- ཨ་ལཱན་ཅི noun (E. cardamomum)
Faroese
2 entries- kardamumma noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- kardamummuplanta noun (E. cardamomum)
Finnish
3 entries- kardemumma noun (E. cardamomum)
- kardemumma noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- kardemummapensas noun (E. cardamomum)
French
2 entries- cardamome noun (E. cardamomum)
- cardamome noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Galician
2 entries- cardamomo noun (E. cardamomum)
- cardamomo noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Georgian
1 entries- ილი noun (its seed or seed capsule)
German
2 entries- Kardamom noun (E. cardamomum)
- Kardamom noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Greek
2 entries- κάρδαμο noun (E. cardamomum)
- κάρδαμο noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Gujarati
2 entries- ઇલાયચી noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- એલચી noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Hebrew
2 entries- הל noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- קרדמון noun (E. cardamomum)
Hindi
2 entries- इलायची noun (E. cardamomum)
- इलायची noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Indonesian
2 entries- kapulaga noun (E. cardamomum)
- kepulaga noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Irish
2 entries- cardamam noun (E. cardamomum)
- cardamam noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Italian
2 entries- cardamomo noun (E. cardamomum)
- cardamomo noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Japanese
3 entries- カルダモン noun (E. cardamomum)
- カルダモン noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- 小豆蔲 noun (E. cardamomum)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦏꦥꦸꦭꦒ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Kannada
1 entries- ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្រវាញ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- ដើមក្រវាញ noun (E. cardamomum)
Konkani
1 entries- वेलची noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Korean
1 entries- 카다몸 noun (E. cardamomum)
Kuvi
1 entries- କେଟ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Latvian
1 entries- kardamons noun (E. cardamomum)
Malay
1 entries- buah pelaga noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Malayalam
4 entries- ഏലം noun (E. cardamomum)
- ഏലം noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- ഏലക്ക noun (E. cardamomum)
- ഏലക്കായ noun (E. cardamomum)
Marathi
4 entries- वेलची noun (E. cardamomum)
- वेलची noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- वेलदोडा noun (E. cardamomum)
- वेलदोडा noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Mon
1 entries- မအဳ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Newar
1 entries- एला noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kardemomme noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- kardemommeplante noun (E. cardamomum)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kardemomme noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- kardemommeplante noun (E. cardamomum)
Odia
1 entries- ଅଳେଇଚ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Oromo
1 entries- hoogihoo noun (E. cardamomum)
Pali
1 entries- elā noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Persian
3 entries- هل noun (E. cardamomum)
- هل noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- هیل noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Picard
1 entries- agamémon noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Polish
2 entries- kardamon noun (E. cardamomum)
- kardamon noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Portuguese
2 entries- cardamomo noun (E. cardamomum)
- cardamomo noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਇਲਾਚੀ noun (E. cardamomum)
- ਇਲਾਚੀ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Romanian
2 entries- cardamom noun (E. cardamomum)
- cardamom noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Russian
2 entries- кардамо́н noun (E. cardamomum)
- кардамо́н noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Sanskrit
1 entries- एला noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Slovak
1 entries- kardamóm noun (E. cardamomum)
Slovene
2 entries- kardamom noun (E. cardamomum)
- kardamom noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Spanish
2 entries- cardamomo noun (E. cardamomum)
- cardamomo noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Sundanese
2 entries- ᮊᮕᮥᮜᮌ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- ᮊᮕᮧᮜ᮪ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Swahili
1 entries- iliki noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Swedish
2 entries- kardemumma noun (E. cardamomum)
- kardemumma noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠄꠟꠣꠁꠌ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Tagalog
2 entries- kardamono noun (E. cardamomum)
- kardamono noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Tamil
3 entries- ஏலக்காய் noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- ஏலம் noun (E. cardamomum)
- ஏலம் noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Telugu
4 entries- ఎలకులు noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- ఏలకుల మొక్క noun (E. cardamomum)
- యెలకులు noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- యేలక్కాయలు noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Thai
4 entries- กระวานเทศ noun (E. cardamomum)
- ผลกระวานเทศ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- ลูกกระวานเทศ noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- ลูกเอ็น noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Tibetan
1 entries- སུག་སྨེལ། noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Turkish
2 entries- kakule noun (E. cardamomum)
- kakule noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кардамо́н noun (E. cardamomum)
- кардамо́н noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Urdu
1 entries- الائچی noun (E. cardamomum)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bạch đậu khấu noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- cây bạch đậu khấu noun (E. cardamomum)
- thảo quả noun (E. cardamomum)
Volapük
2 entries- kardum noun (E. cardamomum)
- kardumafluk noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Welsh
3 entries- cardamom noun (E. cardamomum)
- cardamom noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- grawn Paradwys noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Yiddish
4 entries- קאַרדאַמאָם noun (E. cardamomum)
- קאַרדאַמאָם noun (its seed or seed capsule)
- קאַרדימאָן noun (E. cardamomum)
- קאַרדימאָן noun (its seed or seed capsule)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
These are some of the flavors I love and that I link with American cuisine, but I also could not live without cumin, cardamom, lemongrass, dill, ginger and rosemary.
Source: tatoeba (11865653)
How odd to find a spice that works well in both cookies and curry! I'll have to experiment more with using cardamom.
Source: tatoeba (13099806)
As I’ve gotten older, that vitriol slowly transformed into acceptance, then adoration. The more I cooked at home and explored South Asian cuisine, the more I realized how important cardamom is.
Source: wiktionary
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