Sesame

/ˈsɛsəmi/

Synonyms for "sesame" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
bennebennibenny

Strong matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
cooking oiledible oil

Related words (6)

Noun(5 words)
seedsesame plantsesame seedsesamum indicumsesamum indicum plant

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries
annual herbcooking oilcultivated plantedible oilfood itemherbherbaceous plantoilseedplant productvegetable oil

More specific

6 entries
black sesame plantblack sesame seedtoasted sesame oiluntoasted sesame oilwhite sesame plantwhite sesame seed

Collocations

6 entries
black sesamesesame oilsesame pastesesame seedstoasted sesame oilwhite sesame

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Translations

100 translations across 74 languages.

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Afar

1 entries
  • simsím noun (plant)

Akkadian

1 entries
  • 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 noun (plant)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σησάμη noun (plant)

Arabic

1 entries
  • سِمْسِم noun (plant)

Armenian

2 entries
  • շուշմա noun (plant)
  • քնջութ noun (plant)

Assamese

1 entries
  • তিল noun (plant)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • küncüt noun (plant)

Bengali

1 entries
  • তিল noun (plant)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • сусам noun (plant)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နှမ်း noun (plant)

Buryat

1 entries
  • гүнжэд noun (plant)

Catalan

1 entries
  • sèsam noun (plant)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 油麻 noun (plant)
  • 麻 noun (plant)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 芝麻 noun (plant)

Chinese Mandarin

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

Danish

1 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)

Daur

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

Dutch

1 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)

Eastern Min Chinese

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

Faroese

1 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)

Finnish

1 entries
  • seesami noun (plant)

French

1 entries
  • sésame noun (plant)

Galician

1 entries
  • sésamo noun (plant)

Georgian

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

German

1 entries
  • Sesam noun (plant)

Greek

1 entries
  • σουσαμιά noun (plant)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סומסום noun (plant)

Hindi

4 entries
  • जटिल noun (plant)
  • तिल noun (plant)
  • तील noun (plant)
  • तैलफल noun (plant)

Hittite

1 entries
  • 𒊭𒀊𒊭𒈠 noun (plant)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szezám noun (plant)

Hurrian

1 entries
  • 𒋗𒈪𒋗𒈪 noun (plant)

Indonesian

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

Irish

1 entries
  • seasaman noun (plant)

Italian

1 entries
  • sesamo noun (plant)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 胡麻 noun (plant)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ល្ង noun (plant)

Korean

1 entries
  • 참깨 noun (plant)

Lao

1 entries
  • ງາ noun (plant)

Latin

1 entries
  • sēsamum noun (plant)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • сусам noun (plant)

Malay

2 entries
  • bijan noun (plant)
  • lenga noun (plant)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ noun (plant)

Mon

1 entries
  • လ္ၚဴ noun (plant)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • гүнжид noun (plant)

Māori

1 entries
  • hehame noun (plant)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • kuncî noun (plant)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)

Pali

1 entries
  • tila noun (plant)

Persian

1 entries
  • کنجد noun (plant)

Polish

1 entries
  • sezam noun (plant)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • gergelim noun (plant)
  • sésamo noun (plant)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਤਿਲ noun (plant)

Romanian

2 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)
  • susan noun (plant)

Russian

3 entries
  • кунжу́т noun (plant)
  • сеза́м noun (plant)
  • сим-си́м noun (plant)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • तिल noun (plant)

Serbo-Croatian

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

Shan

1 entries
  • ငႃး noun (plant)

Spanish

1 entries
  • sésamo noun (plant)

Swedish

1 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • linga noun (plant)

Tai Nüa

1 entries
  • ᥒᥣᥰ noun (plant)

Tajik

1 entries
  • кунҷид noun (plant)

Tamil

1 entries
  • எள் noun (plant)

Thai

1 entries
  • งา noun (plant)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཏིལ noun (plant)

Turkish

1 entries
  • susam noun (plant)

Tyap

1 entries
  • kuut noun (plant)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎌𐎌𐎎𐎐 noun (plant)

Urdu

2 entries
  • تل noun (plant)
  • سِمْسِم noun (plant)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • mè noun (plant)
  • vừng noun (plant)

Volapük

1 entries
  • sesam noun (plant)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sesame noun (plant)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • סומסום noun (plant)
  • קונזשוט noun (plant)

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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