Drink turmeric and turn fair-skinned.
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Turmeric
//ˈtɝ.mɚ.ɪk//
Synonyms for "turmeric" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(1 words)
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10 entriesTranslations
155 translations across 77 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- borrie noun (spice)
Arabic
4 entries- خرقوم noun (spice)
- كركم noun (spice)
- كُرْكُم noun (plant)
- كُرْكُم noun (plant)
Assamese
2 entries- হালধি noun (spice)
- হালধি গছ noun (plant)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kurkuma noun (spice)
- sarıkök noun (spice)
Bengali
1 entries- হলুদ noun (spice)
Bikol Central
2 entries- kalawag noun (plant)
- kalawag noun (spice)
Brunei Malay
1 entries- kunyit noun (spice)
Bulgarian
1 entries- куркума noun (spice)
Burmese
1 entries- နနွင်း noun (spice)
Catalan
3 entries- cúrcuma noun (plant)
- cúrcuma noun (spice)
- cúrcuma noun (dye)
Cebuano
1 entries- dulaw noun (spice)
Chinese
1 entries- 薑黃 /姜黄 noun (spice)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 黃薑 /黄姜 noun (spice)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 薑黃 /姜黄 noun (plant)
- 薑黃 /姜黄 noun (spice)
Czech
3 entries- japonský šafrán noun (spice)
- kurkuma noun (spice)
- kurkuma dlouhá noun (plant)
Danish
2 entries- gurkemeje noun (plant)
- gurkemeje noun (spice)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ރީނދޫ noun (spice)
Dutch
4 entries- koenjit noun (spice)
- koenjit noun (dye)
- kurkuma noun (plant)
- kurkuma noun (spice)
Esperanto
1 entries- kurkumo noun (spice)
Fijian
2 entries- cago noun (plant)
- lelega noun (plant)
Finnish
3 entries- kurkuma noun (spice)
- kurkumiini noun (dye)
- maustekurkuma noun (plant)
French
3 entries- curcuma noun (plant)
- curcuma noun (spice)
- curcumine noun (dye)
German
4 entries- Gelbwurz noun (plant)
- Gelbwurz noun (spice)
- Kurkuma noun (plant)
- Kurkuma noun (spice)
Greek
2 entries- κουρκουμάς noun (plant)
- κουρκούμη noun (spice)
Gujarati
2 entries- હળદર noun (plant)
- હળદર noun (spice)
Hawaiian
2 entries- lena noun (plant)
- ʻōlena noun (plant)
Hebrew
1 entries- כורכום noun (spice)
Hindi
1 entries- हल्दी noun (spice)
Hungarian
1 entries- kurkuma noun (spice)
Icelandic
1 entries- túrmerik noun (spice)
Indonesian
3 entries- kunyit noun (plant)
- kunyit noun (spice)
- kunyit noun (dye)
Irish
1 entries- tuirmiric noun (spice)
Italian
2 entries- curcuma noun (spice)
- curcumina noun (dye)
Japanese
2 entries- ウコン noun (spice)
- 鬱金 noun (spice)
Javanese
2 entries- kunir noun (plant)
- kunyit noun (plant)
Khmer
1 entries- រមៀត noun (spice)
Korean
2 entries- 강황 noun (plant)
- 강황 noun (spice)
Lao
2 entries- ຂມິ້ນ noun (spice)
- ຂີ້ໝິ້ນ noun (spice)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dažinė ciberžolė noun (spice)
Low German
1 entries- Kunkelmei (Holsteinisch) noun (dye)
Macedonian
2 entries- куркума noun (plant)
- куркума noun (spice)
Malay
3 entries- kunyit noun (plant)
- kunyit noun (spice)
- kunyit noun (dye)
Malayalam
1 entries- മഞ്ഞൾ noun (spice)
Marathi
1 entries- हळद noun (spice)
Middle Armenian
1 entries- դեղնախունկ noun (plant)
Māori
1 entries- renga noun (plant)
Nepali
1 entries- बेसार noun (spice)
Norwegian
1 entries- gurkemeie noun (spice)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gurkemeie noun (plant)
Okinawan
1 entries- 鬱金 noun (plant)
Palauan
1 entries- kesol noun (plant)
Persian
4 entries- زردچوبه noun (plant)
- زردچوبه noun (spice)
- زرچوبه noun (plant)
- زرچوبه noun (spice)
Polish
2 entries- kurkuma noun (plant)
- kurkuma noun (spice)
Portuguese
4 entries- açafrão-da-terra noun (spice)
- açafrão-da-índia noun (plant)
- açafrão-da-índia noun (spice)
- açafrão-das-índias noun (plant)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਹਲਦੀ noun (spice)
Romanian
3 entries- curcumă noun (spice)
- zerdiceaf noun (plant)
- zerdiceaf noun (spice)
Russian
4 entries- желтя́к noun (plant)
- желтя́к noun (spice)
- жёлтый ко́рень noun (plant)
- жёлтый ко́рень noun (spice)
Samoan
2 entries- ago noun (plant)
- lega noun (plant)
Sinhalese
1 entries- කහ noun (spice)
Slovene
2 entries- kurkuma noun (plant)
- kurkuma noun (spice)
Spanish
4 entries- camotillo noun (plant)
- cúrcuma noun (plant)
- cúrcuma noun (spice)
- palillo noun (plant)
Swahili
3 entries- bizari ya manjano noun (spice)
- manjano noun (spice)
- njano noun (plant)
Swedish
2 entries- gurkmeja noun (plant)
- gurkmeja noun (spice)
Sylheti
2 entries- ꠀꠟꠗꠤ noun (spice)
- ꠅꠟꠂꠖ noun (spice)
Tagalog
2 entries- luyang-dilaw noun (plant)
- luyang-dilaw noun (spice)
Tahitian
2 entries- reʻa noun (plant)
- reʻa māʻohi noun (plant)
Tamil
2 entries- மஞ்சள் noun (plant)
- மஞ்சள் noun (spice)
Tausug
1 entries- dulaw noun (spice)
Telugu
1 entries- పసుపు noun (spice)
Tetum
1 entries- kunir noun (spice)
Thai
2 entries- ขมิ้น noun (plant)
- ขมิ้น noun (spice)
Tongan
1 entries- ango noun (plant)
Turkish
2 entries- zerdeçal noun (plant)
- zerdeçal noun (spice)
Venetan
1 entries- cùrcuma noun (spice)
Vietnamese
2 entries- củ nghệ noun (spice)
- nghệ noun (plant)
Welsh
2 entries- tyrmerig noun (plant)
- tyrmerig noun (spice)
Yoruba
4 entries- ata ilẹ̀ pupa noun (spice)
- yéyémùyé noun (plant)
- àjó noun (plant)
- àjó noun (spice)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I ordered a large turmeric and honey latte today at the local hipster cafe.
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Tom wanted to know where he could buy turmeric.
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She extracts beautiful colors from turmeric.
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