Fenugreek plant was introduced to Central Europe by Benedictine monks, and it is promoted in the 9th century by Charlemagne. It was grown extensively in the imperial gardens of Charlemagne (Popova, 2017).
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Fenugreek
//ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk//
Synonyms for "fenugreek" (5 found)
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135 translations across 67 languages.
Amharic
1 entries- ኣብሽ noun (spice)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- αἰγόκερας noun (plant and vegetable)
- βούκερας noun (plant and vegetable)
- τῆλις noun (plant and vegetable)
Arabic
4 entries- حَلبة noun (plant and vegetable)
- حُلبة noun (plant and vegetable)
- حُلْبَة noun (plant and vegetable)
- حُلْبَة noun (spice)
Armenian
4 entries- հացհամեմ noun (plant and vegetable)
- հացհամեմ noun (spice)
- հուլպա noun (spice)
- չաման noun (plant and vegetable)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- güldəfnə noun (plant and vegetable)
- güldəfnə noun (spice)
- şəmbəllə noun (plant and vegetable)
Bengali
1 entries- মেথি noun (spice)
Bihari
1 entries- मेथी noun (spice)
Bulgarian
2 entries- сми́ндух noun (plant and vegetable)
- сми́ндух noun (spice)
Burmese
2 entries- ပဲနံ့သာ noun (plant and vegetable)
- ပဲနံ့သာ noun (spice)
Catalan
4 entries- alfolba noun (spice)
- coleta noun (plant and vegetable)
- fenigrec noun (plant and vegetable)
- fenigrec noun (spice)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- شِمڵی noun (plant and vegetable)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 胡蘆巴 /胡芦巴 noun (spice)
Danish
1 entries- bukkehorn noun (spice)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އޯބަތް noun (spice)
Dutch
2 entries- fenegriek noun (spice)
- honingklaver noun (spice)
Esperanto
2 entries- fenugreko noun (plant and vegetable)
- fenugreko noun (spice)
Estonian
2 entries- lambalääts noun (plant and vegetable)
- lambalääts noun (spice)
Finnish
4 entries- rohtosarviapila noun (plant and vegetable)
- rohtosarviapila noun (spice)
- sarviapila noun (plant and vegetable)
- sarviapila noun (spice)
French
4 entries- fenugrec noun (plant and vegetable)
- fenugrec noun (spice)
- senegré noun (plant and vegetable)
- senègre noun (plant and vegetable)
Georgian
4 entries- ულბო noun (spice)
- ულუმბო noun (plant and vegetable)
- უცხო სუნელი noun (plant and vegetable)
- შამბალილა noun (spice)
German
3 entries- Bockshornklee noun (plant and vegetable)
- Bockshornklee noun (spice)
- Bockshornkleesamen noun (spice)
Greek
2 entries- νυχάκι noun (spice)
- τριγωνέλλα noun (spice)
Gujarati
1 entries- મેથી noun (spice)
Hebrew
1 entries- חִלְבָּה noun (plant and vegetable)
Hindi
1 entries- मेथी noun (spice)
Hungarian
2 entries- görögszéna noun (plant and vegetable)
- görögszéna noun (spice)
Indonesian
1 entries- kelabat noun (spice)
Irish
2 entries- feinigréag noun (spice)
- seamair Ghréagach noun (plant and vegetable)
Italian
1 entries- trigonella noun (spice)
Japanese
1 entries- フェヌグリーク noun (spice)
Javanese
2 entries- ꦏꦼꦭꦧꦠ꧀ noun (spice)
- ꦏ꧀ꦭꦧꦠ꧀ noun (spice)
Kannada
1 entries- ಮೆಂತೆ noun (spice)
Korean
1 entries- 호로파 noun (spice)
Latin
3 entries- carphos noun (plant and vegetable)
- foenum-graecum noun (plant and vegetable)
- telis noun (plant and vegetable)
Macedonian
1 entries- пискавица noun (spice)
Malay
1 entries- halba noun (spice)
Malayalam
3 entries- ഉലുവ noun (spice)
- വെന്തയം noun (plant and vegetable)
- വെന്തയം noun (spice)
Maltese
4 entries- fienu noun (plant and vegetable)
- fienu noun (spice)
- ħelba noun (plant and vegetable)
- ħelba noun (spice)
Marathi
2 entries- मेथी noun (plant and vegetable)
- मेथी noun (spice)
Nepali
1 entries- मेथी noun (spice)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- xencelîsk noun (spice)
- şembelîk noun (spice)
- şembelîlk noun (plant and vegetable)
Norwegian
1 entries- bukkehornkløver noun (spice)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bukkehornkløver noun (plant and vegetable)
Odia
1 entries- ମେଥି noun (spice)
Persian
2 entries- شنبلیله noun (plant and vegetable)
- شنبلیله noun (spice)
Polish
2 entries- kozieradka noun (plant and vegetable)
- kozieradka noun (spice)
Portuguese
3 entries- alfarva noun (spice)
- alforba noun (spice)
- feno-grego noun (spice)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਮੇਥੀ noun (spice)
Romanian
4 entries- fenugrec noun (spice)
- fân grecesc noun (spice)
- schinduf noun (plant and vegetable)
- schinduf noun (spice)
Russian
4 entries- па́житник noun (plant and vegetable)
- па́житник noun (spice)
- фенугре́к noun (plant and vegetable)
- фенугре́к noun (spice)
Sanskrit
1 entries- मेथिका noun (spice)
Sinhalese
1 entries- උළුහාල් noun (spice)
Slovene
1 entries- grško seno noun (spice)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- شِمِلیە noun (plant and vegetable)
Spanish
4 entries- alholva noun (plant and vegetable)
- alholva noun (spice)
- fenogreco noun (plant and vegetable)
- fenogreco noun (spice)
Svan
1 entries- შა̈მბლიკა̈ჲ noun (spice)
Swahili
1 entries- uwatu noun (spice)
Swedish
2 entries- bockhornsklöver noun (plant and vegetable)
- bockhornsklöver noun (spice)
Tamil
1 entries- வெந்தயம் noun (spice)
Tashelhit
1 entries- ⵜⵉⴼⵉⴹⴰⵚ noun (plant and vegetable)
Telugu
1 entries- మెంతులు noun (spice)
Thai
1 entries- ลูกซัด noun (spice)
Tocharian B
1 entries- wetene noun (plant and vegetable)
Turkish
4 entries- boy otu noun (plant and vegetable)
- boy tohumu noun (spice)
- çemen noun (plant and vegetable)
- çemen noun (spice)
Urdu
1 entries- میتھی noun (spice)
Walloon
1 entries- sinagrêye noun (plant and vegetable)
Welsh
3 entries- ffenigrig noun (spice)
- groegwyran noun (plant and vegetable)
- groegwyran noun (spice)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Fenugreek’s nutritional and tonic properties have also been tapped since ancient times. […] Fenugreek-based preparations stimulate the appetite and promote weight gain in people with anemia, anorexia, tuberculosis or asthenia.
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