Sesame

//ˈsɛsəmi//

Synonyms for "sesame" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
bennebeniseed

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
bennibennygingelly

Related words (6)

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More general

2 entries

Synonyms

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derived

11 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

7 entries

used for

1 entries

Translations

219 translations across 93 languages.

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Afar

2 entries
  • simsím noun (plant)
  • simsím noun (seed)

Akkadian

2 entries
  • 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 noun (plant)
  • 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 noun (seed)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • σήσαμον noun (seed)
  • σησάμη noun (plant)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جُلْجُلان noun (seed)
  • زلجلان noun (seed)
  • زنجلان noun (seed)
  • سِمْسِم noun (plant)

Armenian

4 entries
  • շուշմա noun (plant)
  • շուշմա noun (seed)
  • քնջութ noun (plant)
  • քնջութ noun (seed)

Assamese

2 entries
  • তিল noun (plant)
  • তিল noun (seed)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • küncüd noun (seed)
  • küncüt noun (plant)

Bengali

1 entries
  • তিল noun (plant)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • сусам noun (plant)
  • сусам noun (seed)

Burmese

2 entries
  • နှမ်း noun (plant)
  • နှမ်းစေ့ noun (seed)

Buryat

1 entries
  • гүнжэд noun (plant)

Catalan

2 entries
  • sèsam noun (plant)
  • sèsam noun (seed)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • lunga noun (seed)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کونجی noun (seed)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 油麻 noun (plant)
  • 油麻 noun (seed)
  • 麻 noun (plant)
  • 麻 noun (seed)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 芝麻 noun (plant)
  • 芝麻 noun (seed)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 油麻 noun (seed)
  • 胡麻 noun (plant)
  • 胡麻 noun (seed)
  • 脂麻 noun (seed)

Danish

3 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • sesam noun (seed)
  • sesamfrø noun (seed)

Daur

2 entries
  • bal noun (plant)
  • cigaa bal noun (plant)

Dutch

3 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • sesam noun (seed)
  • sesamzaad noun (seed)

Eastern Min Chinese

4 entries
  • 油麻 noun (plant)
  • 油麻 noun (seed)
  • 芝麻 noun (plant)
  • 芝麻 noun (seed)

Faroese

2 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • sesamfræ noun (seed)

Finnish

2 entries
  • seesami noun (plant)
  • seesaminsiemen noun (seed)

French

3 entries
  • graine de sésame noun (seed)
  • sésame noun (plant)
  • sésame noun (seed)

Galician

1 entries
  • sésamo noun (plant)

Georgian

2 entries
  • სეზამი noun (plant)
  • ქუნჯუტი noun (plant)

German

3 entries
  • Sesam noun (plant)
  • Sesam noun (seed)
  • Sesamsamen noun (seed)

Greek

2 entries
  • σουσάμι noun (seed)
  • σουσαμιά noun (plant)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • סומסום noun (plant)
  • שמשום noun (seed)

Hindi

4 entries
  • जटिल noun (plant)
  • जटिल noun (seed)
  • तिल noun (plant)
  • तिल noun (seed)

Hittite

2 entries
  • 𒊭𒀊𒊭𒈠 noun (plant)
  • 𒊭𒀊𒊭𒈠 noun (seed)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • szezám noun (plant)
  • szezámmag noun (seed)

Hurrian

2 entries
  • 𒋗𒈪𒋗𒈪 noun (plant)
  • 𒋗𒈪𒋗𒈪 noun (seed)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • bijan noun (plant)
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • wijen noun (plant)

Irish

1 entries
  • seasaman noun (plant)

Italian

3 entries
  • seme di sesamo noun (seed)
  • sesamo noun (plant)
  • sesamo noun (seed)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 胡麻 noun (plant)
  • 胡麻 noun (seed)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಎಳ್ಳು noun (seed)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • күнжіт noun (seed)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • nyàm noun (seed)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ល្ង noun (plant)
  • ល្ង noun (seed)

Korean

2 entries
  • 참깨 noun (plant)
  • 참깨 noun (seed)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • күнжүт noun (seed)

Lao

2 entries
  • ງາ noun (plant)
  • ງາ noun (seed)

Latin

2 entries
  • sēsamum noun (plant)
  • sēsamum noun (seed)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • сусам noun (plant)
  • сусам noun (seed)

Malay

4 entries
  • bijan noun (plant)
  • bijan noun (seed)
  • lenga noun (plant)
  • lenga noun (seed)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • എള്ള് noun (seed)

Maltese

2 entries
  • simsem noun (seed)
  • ġulġlien noun (seed)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ noun (plant)
  • ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ noun (seed)

Maranao

1 entries
  • lenga noun (seed)

Mon

2 entries
  • မလ္ၚဴ noun (seed)
  • လ္ၚဴ noun (plant)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • гүнжид noun (plant)

Māori

1 entries
  • hehame noun (plant)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • kuncî noun (plant)
  • kuncî noun (seed)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • sesam noun (seed)
  • sesamfrø noun (seed)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • sesam noun (seed)
  • sesamfrø noun (seed)

Pali

2 entries
  • tila noun (plant)
  • tila noun (seed)

Persian

2 entries
  • کنجد noun (plant)
  • کنجد noun (seed)

Polish

2 entries
  • sezam noun (plant)
  • sezam noun (seed)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • gergelim noun (plant)
  • gergelim noun (seed)
  • sésamo noun (plant)
  • sésamo noun (seed)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਤਿਲ noun (plant)
  • ਤਿਲ noun (seed)

Romanian

4 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • sesam noun (seed)
  • susan noun (plant)
  • susan noun (seed)

Russian

4 entries
  • кунжу́т noun (plant)
  • кунжут noun (seed)
  • сеза́м noun (plant)
  • сеза́м noun (seed)

Salar

1 entries
  • yağur noun (seed)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • तिल noun (plant)
  • तिल noun (seed)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • susam noun (plant)
  • susam noun (seed)
  • сусам noun (plant)
  • сусам noun (seed)

Shan

1 entries
  • ငႃး noun (plant)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • ciciulena noun (seed)
  • giurgiulena noun (seed)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ajonjolí noun (seed)
  • sésamo noun (plant)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • abongra noun (seed)

Swedish

3 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • sesam noun (seed)
  • sesamfrö noun (seed)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • linga noun (plant)
  • linga noun (seed)

Tai Nüa

1 entries
  • ᥒᥣᥰ noun (plant)

Tajik

2 entries
  • кунҷид noun (plant)
  • кунҷид noun (seed)

Tamil

2 entries
  • எள் noun (plant)
  • எள் noun (seed)

Tausug

1 entries
  • lunga noun (seed)

Telugu

1 entries
  • నువ్వులు noun (seed)

Thai

2 entries
  • งา noun (plant)
  • งา noun (seed)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཏིལ noun (plant)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kuñcit noun (seed)

Tulu

1 entries
  • ಎಣ್ಮೆ noun (seed)

Turkish

3 entries
  • küncü noun (seed)
  • susam noun (plant)
  • susam noun (seed)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • künji noun (seed)

Tyap

2 entries
  • cwan noun (seed)
  • kuut noun (plant)

Ugaritic

2 entries
  • 𐎌𐎌𐎎𐎐 noun (plant)
  • 𐎌𐎌𐎎𐎐 noun (seed)

Urdu

4 entries
  • تل noun (plant)
  • تل noun (seed)
  • سِمْسِم noun (plant)
  • سِمْسِم noun (seed)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • كۈنجۈت noun (seed)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kunjut noun (seed)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • mè noun (plant)
  • mè noun (seed)
  • vừng noun (plant)
  • vừng noun (seed)

Volapük

3 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • sesamasid noun (seed)
  • sesamasids noun (seed)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sesame noun (plant)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • סומסום noun (plant)
  • סומסום noun (seed)
  • קונזשוט noun (plant)
  • קונזשוט noun (seed)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Heat sesame oil in the pan on a medium flame, add the chicken meat, the garlic and fry, when the colour changes pour in the Chinese soup, add the Chinese cabbage and boil.

Source: tatoeba (327888)

4. Heat the sesame oil in the wok and melt the butter.

Source: tatoeba (329198)

Open Sesame!

Source: tatoeba (790847)

Open, Sesame!

Source: tatoeba (2043955)

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