Graters are good for cheese, potatoes, ginger, and other things you might need little shreds of.
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Ginger
//ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ//
Synonyms for "ginger" (77 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Adverb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (38)
Related word relations
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More general
16 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesderived
85 entriesShowing 16 of 85 words.
etymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
90 entriesShowing 16 of 90 words.
similar
4 entriesTranslations
390 translations across 147 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- gember noun (plant)
- gemmer noun (plant)
Aklanon
1 entries- euy-a noun (plant)
Albanian
2 entries- xhenxhefil noun (plant)
- xhenxhefil noun (spice)
Amharic
2 entries- ዝንጅብል noun (plant)
- ዝንጅብል noun (spice)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ζιγγίβερις noun (plant)
- ζιγγίβερις noun (spice)
Arabic
4 entries- أَصْهَب adj (reddish-brown)
- جنزبيل noun (plant)
- جنزبيل noun (spice)
- زنجبيل noun (plant)
Armenian
4 entries- զանջաֆիլ noun (plant)
- իմբիր noun (plant)
- իմբիր noun (spice)
- կոճապղպեղ noun (plant)
Asi
1 entries- yud-a noun (plant)
Assamese
1 entries- আদা noun (plant)
Asturian
1 entries- xenxibre noun (plant)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- zəncəfil noun (plant)
- zəncəfil noun (spice)
Basque
1 entries- jengibre noun (plant)
Belarusian
3 entries- руды́ adj (reddish-brown)
- імбі́рны adj (flavor)
- імбі́р noun (plant)
Bengali
2 entries- আদা noun (plant)
- আদা noun (spice)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- अदरक noun (plant)
Bikol Central
2 entries- laya noun (plant)
- laya noun (spice)
Bulgarian
4 entries- риж adj (reddish-brown)
- джинджифи́л noun (plant)
- джинджифи́л noun (spice)
- риж noun (colour/color)
Burmese
1 entries- ချင်း noun (plant)
Catalan
4 entries- pèl-roig adj (reddish-brown)
- gingebre noun (plant)
- gingebre noun (spice)
- pèl-roig noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
Cebuano
2 entries- luy-a noun (plant)
- luy-a noun (spice)
Central Dusun
1 entries- layo noun (spice)
Chakma
1 entries- 𑄃𑄘 noun (plant)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 薑 /姜 noun (plant)
- 薑 /姜 noun (spice)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 薑 /姜 noun (plant)
- 薑 /姜 noun (spice)
- 薑黃色 /姜黄色 noun (colour/color)
- 薑黃色頭髮的人 /姜黄色头发的人 noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
Coptic
2 entries- ⲍⲁⲙⲡⲟⲗⲓⲟⲛ noun (plant)
- ⲥⲓⲛϭⲓⲡⲓⲗ noun (plant)
Cornish
4 entries- jynjer noun (plant)
- jynjer noun (spice)
- jynjyber noun (plant)
- jynjyber noun (spice)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- zencefil noun (spice)
Czech
4 entries- zrzavý adj (reddish-brown)
- zázvorový adj (flavor)
- zrzek noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- zrzka noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
Danish
2 entries- ingefær noun (plant)
- ingefær noun (spice)
Dutch
4 entries- ros adj (reddish-brown)
- rosse adj (reddish-brown)
- gember noun (plant)
- gember noun (spice)
Dzongkha
1 entries- ས་གཱ་ noun (spice)
Esperanto
3 entries- rufa adj (reddish-brown)
- zingibro noun (plant)
- zingibro noun (spice)
Estonian
1 entries- ingver noun (plant)
Faroese
2 entries- ingifer noun (plant)
- ingifer noun (spice)
Fijian
4 entries- cagolaya noun (plant)
- cagolaya noun (spice)
- layalaya noun (plant)
- layalaya noun (spice)
Finnish
3 entries- inkivääri noun (plant)
- inkivääri noun (spice)
- punahiuksinen noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
French
4 entries- rousse adj (reddish-brown)
- roux adj (reddish-brown)
- gingembre noun (plant)
- gingembre noun (spice)
Friulian
1 entries- zenzar noun (plant)
Galician
4 entries- roxo adj (reddish-brown)
- rubio adj (reddish-brown)
- roibo noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- roxo noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
Georgian
4 entries- იმბირის adj (flavor)
- ჟღალი adj (reddish-brown)
- წითელი adj (reddish-brown)
- კოჭა noun (plant)
German
4 entries- fuchsig adj (reddish-brown)
- fuchsrot adj (reddish-brown)
- rot adj (reddish-brown)
- rotbraun adj (reddish-brown)
Greek
4 entries- ξανθοκόκκινο noun (colour/color)
- ξανθοκόκκινος noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- πιπερόριζα noun (plant)
- πιπερόριζα noun (spice)
Gujarati
2 entries- અદરક noun (plant)
- આદું noun (spice)
Hawaiian
2 entries- ʻawapuhi Pākē noun (plant)
- ʻawapuhi Pākē noun (spice)
Hebrew
4 entries- ג׳ינג׳י noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- ג׳ינג׳ית noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- זַנְגְּבִיל noun (plant)
- זַנְגְּבִיל noun (spice)
Higaonon
1 entries- luy-a noun (plant)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- luy-a noun (plant)
Hindi
2 entries- अदरक noun (plant)
- आदा noun (spice)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyömbér adj (flavor)
- vörösesszőke adj (reddish-brown)
- gyömbér noun (plant)
- gyömbér noun (spice)
Ibaloi
1 entries- agat noun (plant)
Ibanag
1 entries- laya noun (plant)
Icelandic
2 entries- engifer noun (plant)
- engifer noun (spice)
Iloco
1 entries- laya noun (plant)
Indonesian
2 entries- jahe noun (plant)
- jahe noun (spice)
Irish
3 entries- rua adj (reddish-brown)
- sinséar noun (plant)
- sinséar noun (spice)
Italian
4 entries- pel di carota noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- testarossa noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- zenzero noun (plant)
- zenzero noun (spice)
Japanese
4 entries- 生姜味 adj (flavor)
- 生姜色 adj (reddish-brown)
- 赤褐色の adj (reddish-brown)
- 生姜 noun (plant)
Jarai
1 entries- rơya noun (plant)
Javanese
1 entries- jahe noun (plant)
Jeju
1 entries- 셍강 noun (plant)
Kannada
1 entries- ಶುಂಠಿ noun (plant)
Kapampangan
1 entries- laya noun (plant)
Kazakh
3 entries- жанжабіл noun (plant)
- занзабіл noun (plant)
- зімбір noun (plant)
Khmer
2 entries- ខ្ញី noun (plant)
- ខ្ញី noun (spice)
Korean
2 entries- 생강 noun (plant)
- 생강 noun (spice)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- имбирь noun (plant)
Lao
2 entries- ຂີງ noun (plant)
- ຂີງ noun (spice)
Latin
2 entries- zingiber noun (plant)
- zingiber noun (spice)
Latvian
1 entries- ingvers noun (plant)
Lisu
2 entries- ꓚꓬꓮꓥꓺ noun (plant)
- ꓚꓬꓺ noun (plant)
Lithuanian
1 entries- imbieras noun (plant)
Lutuv
1 entries- iesing noun (spice)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Geimer noun (plant)
- Ingwer noun (plant)
Macedonian
4 entries- лисест adj (reddish-brown)
- ѓумбиров adj (flavor)
- лисеста noun (colour/color)
- ѓу́мбир noun (plant)
Malagasy
1 entries- sakamalao noun (plant)
Malay
2 entries- halia noun (plant)
- halia noun (spice)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഇഞ്ചി noun (plant)
- ഇഞ്ചി noun (spice)
Maltese
1 entries- ġinġer noun (plant)
Manchu
2 entries- ᡶ᠋ᡠᡵᡤᡳᠰᡠ noun (plant)
- ᡶ᠋ᡠᡵᡤᡳᠰᡠ noun (spice)
Manx
3 entries- ruy adj (reddish-brown)
- jinshar noun (plant)
- jinshar noun (spice)
Marathi
2 entries- आले noun (plant)
- आले noun (spice)
Middle English
3 entries- gingivere noun (plant)
- gingivere noun (spice)
- gyngebred noun (spice)
Mizo
1 entries- sawhthîng noun (plant)
Mongolian
2 entries- гаа noun (spice)
- цагаан гаа noun (plant)
Māori
4 entries- kōpī noun (spice)
- pākā noun (colour/color)
- tinitia noun (spice)
- urukehu noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
Navajo
1 entries- tsiiłchíʼí noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
Nepali
1 entries- अदुवा noun (spice)
Norman
1 entries- gengive noun (plant)
North Frisian
2 entries- Ingifiar noun (plant)
- Ingifiar noun (spice)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- zencebîl noun (plant)
- zencefîl noun (spice)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ingefær noun (plant)
- ingefær noun (spice)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- ingefær noun (plant)
- ingefær noun (spice)
Occitan
1 entries- gengibre noun (plant)
Odia
2 entries- ଅଦା noun (plant)
- ଅଦା noun (spice)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- имберъ noun (plant)
- инберъ noun (plant)
Old English
2 entries- gingifer noun (plant)
- gingifer noun (spice)
Old Norse
1 entries- gingibráð noun (spice)
Pangasinan
1 entries- agat noun (plant)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- дюмбир noun (plant)
- дюмбир noun (spice)
Pashto
4 entries- زنجبيل noun (plant)
- زنجفيل noun (plant)
- زنجپيل noun (plant)
- سونډى noun (plant)
Persian
3 entries- زنجبیل noun (plant)
- زنجبیل noun (spice)
- شنگویر noun (plant)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Enjwa noun (plant)
- Enjwa noun (spice)
Polish
4 entries- imbirowy adj (flavor)
- ruda adj (reddish-brown)
- rudy adj (reddish-brown)
- ryża adj (reddish-brown)
Portuguese
3 entries- gengibre noun (plant)
- gengibre noun (spice)
- ruivo noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸੁੰਢ noun (spice)
Rohingya
1 entries- ada noun (plant)
Romanian
3 entries- ghimber noun (plant)
- ghimber noun (spice)
- roșcat noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
Russian
4 entries- имби́рный adj (flavor)
- ры́жий adj (reddish-brown)
- имби́рь noun (plant)
- имби́рь noun (spice)
Sanskrit
2 entries- आर्द्रक noun (plant)
- आर्द्रक noun (spice)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Gänfer noun (plant)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dinnsear noun (plant)
- dinnsear noun (spice)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- đìnđer noun (plant)
- đùmbīr noun (plant)
- ђумбир noun (plant)
- ђѝнђер noun (plant)
Sicilian
2 entries- gènciru noun (plant)
- zenzeru noun (plant)
Sinhalese
2 entries- ඉඟුරු noun (plant)
- ඉඟුරු noun (spice)
Slovak
4 entries- hrdzavá adj (reddish-brown)
- hrdzavý adj (reddish-brown)
- ryšavá adj (reddish-brown)
- ryšavý adj (reddish-brown)
Slovene
3 entries- ingver noun (plant)
- ingver noun (spice)
- rdečkasta barva noun (colour/color)
Spanish
4 entries- rufo adj (reddish-brown)
- choco noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- colorín noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- jengibre noun (plant)
Sundanese
1 entries- jahé noun (plant)
Swahili
2 entries- mtangawizi noun (plant)
- tangawizi noun (spice)
Swedish
3 entries- ingefära noun (plant)
- ingefära noun (spice)
- rödtott noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
Tagalog
2 entries- luya noun (plant)
- luya noun (spice)
Tahitian
4 entries- reʻa noun (plant)
- reʻa noun (spice)
- reʻa tinitō noun (plant)
- reʻa tinitō noun (spice)
Tajik
2 entries- занҷабил noun (plant)
- малла noun (colour/color)
Tamil
3 entries- இஞ்சி adj (flavor)
- இஞ்சி noun (plant)
- இஞ்சி noun (spice)
Tatar
1 entries- имбир noun (plant)
Tausug
3 entries- langkuwas noun (plant)
- luuya noun (plant)
- luya noun (spice)
Telugu
4 entries- అల్లము noun (plant)
- అల్లము noun (spice)
- ఆర్ద్రకము noun (plant)
- ఓల్లము noun (plant)
Thai
2 entries- ขิง noun (plant)
- ขิง noun (spice)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྒ noun (plant)
Tigre
2 entries- ዝንጅብል noun (plant)
- ዝንጅብል noun (spice)
Tocharian B
1 entries- tvānkaro noun (spice)
Tok Pisin
4 entries- gorgor noun (plant)
- gorgor noun (spice)
- kawawar noun (plant)
- kawawar noun (spice)
Turkish
4 entries- kızıl noun (colour/color)
- kızıl noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- zencefil noun (plant)
- zencefil noun (spice)
Turkmen
2 entries- zenjebil noun (plant)
- zenjebil noun (spice)
Ukrainian
4 entries- руди́й adj (reddish-brown)
- імби́рний adj (flavor)
- руди́й noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- імби́р noun (plant)
Urdu
1 entries- ادرک noun (plant)
Uyghur
1 entries- زەنجىۋىل noun (plant)
Uzbek
2 entries- zanjabil noun (plant)
- zanjabil noun (spice)
Venetan
1 entries- xènxaro noun (plant)
Vietnamese
2 entries- gừng noun (plant)
- gừng noun (spice)
Volapük
2 entries- zingib noun (plant)
- zingib noun (spice)
Welsh
4 entries- coch noun (colour/color)
- cochen noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- cochyn noun (person with reddish-brown hair)
- cringoch noun (colour/color)
West-Frisian
2 entries- gimber noun (plant)
- gimber noun (spice)
Yiddish
1 entries- אינגבער noun (plant)
Yoruba
1 entries- atalẹ̀ noun (plant)
Zhuang
2 entries- hing noun (plant)
- hing noun (spice)
Zyphe
1 entries- ee sing noun (plant)
Sample sentences
50 total sentences available.
Crush the ginger.
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This is a ginger drink.
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Ginger is very useful in the winter period.
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