origanum

See also: Origanum

English

Etymology

From the genus name. Doublet of oregano.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈɹɪɡənəm/
IPA^(key): /ɒɹɪˈɡɒːnəm/

Noun

origanum (plural origanums)

Any herbaceous plant of the genus Origanum

Translations

plant of the genus Origanum

Bulgarian: дие риган m (die rigan)
Finnish: meirami (fi)
Macedonian: орига́но n (origáno)
Ukrainian: матери́нка f (materýnka)

Anagrams

argonium

Latin

Alternative forms

orīganon

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́γᾰνον (orī́gănon).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔˈriː.ɡa.nũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [oˈriː.ɡa.num]

Noun

orīganum n (genitive orīganī); second declension

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	orīganum	orīgana
genitive	orīganī	orīganōrum
dative	orīganō	orīganīs
accusative	orīganum	orīgana
ablative	orīganō	orīganīs
vocative	orīganum	orīgana

Descendants

Asturian: oriéganu
⇒ Asturian: floriéganu, foriéganu (from flor d'oriéganu)
Catalan: orenga
French: origan
Galician: ourego
Italian: origano
Piedmontese: orìgan, rìgan
Portuguese: orégão, ourégão, ourego, orégano
Sicilian: arrìganu, rìganu, rienu
Spanish: orégano
- → English: oregano
  - Welsh: oregano
- → German: Oregano
Translingual: Origanum

References

“origanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“origanum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.