jengibre
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish jengibre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟenɡibre/ [ɟeŋ.ɡi.β̞re], (also) /ʒenʒibre/ [ʒẽn.ʒi.β̞re]
- Rhymes: -ibre, -e
- Hyphenation: jen‧gi‧bre
Noun
jengibre inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | jengibre | jengibrea | jengibreak | jengibreok |
| ergative | jengibrek | jengibreak | jengibreek | jengibreok |
| dative | jengibreri | jengibreari | jengibreei | jengibreoi |
| genitive | jengibreren | jengibrearen | jengibreen | jengibreon |
| comitative | jengibrerekin | jengibrearekin | jengibreekin | jengibreokin |
| causative | jengibrerengatik | jengibrearengatik | jengibreengatik | jengibreongatik |
| benefactive | jengibrerentzat | jengibrearentzat | jengibreentzat | jengibreontzat |
| instrumental | jengibrez | jengibreaz | jengibreez | jengibreotaz |
| innesive | jengibretan | jengibrean | jengibreetan | jengibreotan |
| locative | jengibretako | jengibreko | jengibreetako | jengibreotako |
| allative | jengibretara | jengibrera | jengibreetara | jengibreotara |
| terminative | jengibretaraino | jengibreraino | jengibreetaraino | jengibreotaraino |
| directive | jengibretarantz | jengibrerantz | jengibreetarantz | jengibreotarantz |
| destinative | jengibretarako | jengibrerako | jengibreetarako | jengibreotarako |
| ablative | jengibretatik | jengibretik | jengibreetatik | jengibreotatik |
| partitive | jengibrerik | — | — | — |
| prolative | jengibretzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “jengibre”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
Spanish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Spanish gengibre, from Old Occitan gengibre, from Late Latin gingiber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xenˈxibɾe/ [xẽŋˈxi.β̞ɾe]
Audio (El Salvador): (file) - Rhymes: -ibɾe
- Syllabification: jen‧gi‧bre
Noun
jengibre m (plural jengibres)
Derived terms
- galleta de jengibre (“gingerbread cookie”)
- hombre de jengibre (“gingerbread man”)
- jengibre amargo
- pan de jengibre
Descendants
- → Basque: jengibre
Further reading
- “jengibre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025