If you just put a little bit of cumin on the kebab, it'll be really delicious.
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Cumin
//ˈkjuːmɪn//
Synonyms for "cumin" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
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1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
5 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
4 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
153 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- jeera noun (its seed used as spice)
- komyn noun (its seed used as spice)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κύμινον noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- κύμινον noun (its seed used as spice)
Arabic
4 entries- كمون noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- كمون noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- كمون noun (its seed used as spice)
- كمون noun (its seed used as spice)
Aramaic
4 entries- כְּמוֹנָא noun (its seed used as spice)
- כַּמּוֹנָא noun (its seed used as spice)
- כַּמּוּנָא noun (its seed used as spice)
- כמונא noun (its seed used as spice)
Armenian
4 entries- չաման noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- չաման noun (its seed used as spice)
- քիմիոն noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- քիմիոն noun (its seed used as spice)
Bengali
1 entries- জিরা noun (its seed used as spice)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кимион noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- кимион noun (its seed used as spice)
Burmese
2 entries- ဇီရာ noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- ဇီရာစေ့ noun (its seed used as spice)
Catalan
2 entries- comí noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- comí noun (its seed used as spice)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 孜然 noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- 孜然 noun (its seed used as spice)
- 安息茴香 noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- 安息茴香 noun (its seed used as spice)
Classical Mandaic
1 entries- ࡊࡀࡌࡅࡍࡀ noun (its seed used as spice)
Czech
2 entries- římský kmín noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- římský kmín noun (its seed used as spice)
Danish
2 entries- spidskommen noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- spidskommen noun (its seed used as spice)
Dutch
4 entries- djiera noun (its seed used as spice)
- djinten noun (its seed used as spice)
- komijn noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- komijn noun (its seed used as spice)
Egyptian
2 entries- t:p-n:n-N33:Z2 noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- t:p-n:n-N33:Z2 noun (its seed used as spice)
Esperanto
1 entries- kumino noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Finnish
4 entries- jeera noun (its seed used as spice)
- juustokumina noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- juustokumina noun (its seed used as spice)
- roomankumina noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
French
2 entries- cumin noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- cumin noun (its seed used as spice)
Galician
2 entries- comiño noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- comiño noun (its seed used as spice)
Georgian
4 entries- ზირა noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- ზირა noun (its seed used as spice)
- კვლიავი noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- კვლიავი noun (its seed used as spice)
German
3 entries- Kreuzkümmel noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- Kreuzkümmel noun (its seed used as spice)
- Kümmel noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Greek
2 entries- κύμινο noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- κύμινο noun (its seed used as spice)
Gujarati
1 entries- જીરું noun (its seed used as spice)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kumino noun (its seed used as spice)
Hebrew
2 entries- כַמּוֹן noun (its seed used as spice)
- כמון noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Hindi
4 entries- ज़ीरा noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- ज़ीरा noun (its seed used as spice)
- जीरा noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- जीरा noun (its seed used as spice)
Hungarian
3 entries- kömény noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- római kömény noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- római kömény noun (its seed used as spice)
Icelandic
1 entries- broddkúmen noun (its seed used as spice)
Ido
1 entries- kumino noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Indonesian
1 entries- jintan putih noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Italian
2 entries- cumino noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- cumino noun (its seed used as spice)
Japanese
3 entries- クミン noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- クミンの実 noun (its seed used as spice)
- ヒメウイキョウ noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Kannada
1 entries- ಜೀರಿಗೆ noun (its seed used as spice)
Korean
1 entries- 커민 noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Latin
2 entries- cumīnum noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- cumīnum noun (its seed used as spice)
Malay
1 entries- jintan putih noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Malayalam
1 entries- ജീരകം noun (its seed used as spice)
Maltese
1 entries- kemmun noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Marathi
2 entries- जिरे noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- जिरे noun (its seed used as spice)
Mongolian
1 entries- гоньд noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Mycenaean Greek
2 entries- 𐀓𐀖𐀜 noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- 𐀓𐀖𐀜 noun (its seed used as spice)
Māori
1 entries- kumine noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- spisskarve noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- spisskarve noun (its seed used as spice)
- spisskummen noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- spisskummen noun (its seed used as spice)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كمیون noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- كمیون noun (its seed used as spice)
Persian
2 entries- زیره noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- زیره noun (its seed used as spice)
Phoenician
1 entries- 𐤊𐤌𐤍 noun (its seed used as spice)
Polish
2 entries- kmin rzymski noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- kminek noun (its seed used as spice)
Portuguese
2 entries- cominho noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- cominho noun (its seed used as spice)
Punic
1 entries- 𐤊𐤌𐤍 noun (its seed used as spice)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਜੀਰਾ noun (its seed used as spice)
Romanian
2 entries- chimion noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- chimion noun (its seed used as spice)
Russian
3 entries- зи́ра noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- зи́ра noun (its seed used as spice)
- кмин noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Sanskrit
4 entries- अजाजि noun (its seed used as spice)
- जिरण noun (its seed used as spice)
- जीरक noun (its seed used as spice)
- दीर्घजीरक noun (its seed used as spice)
Sicilian
1 entries- ciminu noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Sinhalese
1 entries- සූදුරු noun (its seed used as spice)
Slovak
1 entries- rímska rasca noun (its seed used as spice)
Spanish
2 entries- comino noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- comino noun (its seed used as spice)
Swahili
2 entries- jira noun (its seed used as spice)
- mjira noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Swedish
3 entries- kummin noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- spiskummin noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- spiskummin noun (its seed used as spice)
Tagalog
2 entries- komino noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- komino noun (its seed used as spice)
Tamil
2 entries- சீரகம் noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- சீரகம் noun (its seed used as spice)
Thai
2 entries- ยี่หร่า noun (its seed used as spice)
- เทียนขาว noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Tibetan
1 entries- གོ་སྙོད noun (its seed used as spice)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ayājñi noun (its seed used as spice)
Turkish
2 entries- kimyon noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- kimyon noun (its seed used as spice)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎋𐎎𐎐 noun (its seed used as spice)
Uyghur
1 entries- زىرە noun (its seed used as spice)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cây thì là noun (its seed used as spice)
- thì là Ai Cập noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Volapük
1 entries- komenaplan noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
Welsh
1 entries- cwmin noun (its seed used as spice)
Yiddish
2 entries- קמיניק noun (plant Cuminum cyminum)
- קמיניק noun (its seed used as spice)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Where can I buy cumin?
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Cumin is very good for after a large meal.
Source: tatoeba (10619394)
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)
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