oregano

See also: Oregano and orégano

English

Flowering oregano.

Etymology

From Spanish orégano (wild marjoram), from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon). Doublet of origanum.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒɹɪˈɡɑːnəʊ/, /əˈɹɛɡənəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈɹɛɡənoʊ/
  • (file)
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Noun

oregano (usually uncountable, plural oreganos)

  1. A herb of the mint family, Origanum vulgare, having aromatic leaves.
    Synonym: wild marjoram
  2. Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens
  3. The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Danish

Noun

oregano c (singular definite oreganoen, plural indefinite oreganoer)

  1. oregano (Origanum vulgare)

Declension

Synonyms

  • almindelig merian
  • vild merian

See also

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish orégano, from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌoː.reːˈɣaː.noː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ore‧ga‧no
  • Rhymes: -aːnoː

Noun

oregano m (uncountable)

  1. (botany) Synonym of wilde marjolein (oregano plant, Origanum vulgare)
  2. (cooking) oregano: the leaves of Origanum vulgare used as food

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish orégano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoreɡɑ(ː)no/, [ˈo̞re̞ˌɡɑ̝(ː)no̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑno
  • Syllabification(key): o‧re‧ga‧no

Noun

oregano

  1. oregano
    Synonyms: mäkimeirami, (archaic) espanjanhumala

Declension

Inflection of oregano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative oregano oreganot
genitive oreganon oreganojen
partitive oreganoa oreganoja
illative oreganoon oreganoihin
singular plural
nominative oregano oreganot
accusative nom. oregano oreganot
gen. oreganon
genitive oreganon oreganojen
partitive oreganoa oreganoja
inessive oreganossa oreganoissa
elative oreganosta oreganoista
illative oreganoon oreganoihin
adessive oreganolla oreganoilla
ablative oreganolta oreganoilta
allative oreganolle oreganoille
essive oreganona oreganoina
translative oreganoksi oreganoiksi
abessive oreganotta oreganoitta
instructive oreganoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of oregano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative oreganoni oreganoni
accusative nom. oreganoni oreganoni
gen. oreganoni
genitive oreganoni oreganojeni
partitive oreganoani oreganojani
inessive oreganossani oreganoissani
elative oreganostani oreganoistani
illative oreganooni oreganoihini
adessive oreganollani oreganoillani
ablative oreganoltani oreganoiltani
allative oreganolleni oreganoilleni
essive oreganonani oreganoinani
translative oreganokseni oreganoikseni
abessive oreganottani oreganoittani
instructive
comitative oreganoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative oreganosi oreganosi
accusative nom. oreganosi oreganosi
gen. oreganosi
genitive oreganosi oreganojesi
partitive oreganoasi oreganojasi
inessive oreganossasi oreganoissasi
elative oreganostasi oreganoistasi
illative oreganoosi oreganoihisi
adessive oreganollasi oreganoillasi
ablative oreganoltasi oreganoiltasi
allative oreganollesi oreganoillesi
essive oreganonasi oreganoinasi
translative oreganoksesi oreganoiksesi
abessive oreganottasi oreganoittasi
instructive
comitative oreganoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative oreganomme oreganomme
accusative nom. oreganomme oreganomme
gen. oreganomme
genitive oreganomme oreganojemme
partitive oreganoamme oreganojamme
inessive oreganossamme oreganoissamme
elative oreganostamme oreganoistamme
illative oreganoomme oreganoihimme
adessive oreganollamme oreganoillamme
ablative oreganoltamme oreganoiltamme
allative oreganollemme oreganoillemme
essive oreganonamme oreganoinamme
translative oreganoksemme oreganoiksemme
abessive oreganottamme oreganoittamme
instructive
comitative oreganoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative oreganonne oreganonne
accusative nom. oreganonne oreganonne
gen. oreganonne
genitive oreganonne oreganojenne
partitive oreganoanne oreganojanne
inessive oreganossanne oreganoissanne
elative oreganostanne oreganoistanne
illative oreganoonne oreganoihinne
adessive oreganollanne oreganoillanne
ablative oreganoltanne oreganoiltanne
allative oreganollenne oreganoillenne
essive oreganonanne oreganoinanne
translative oreganoksenne oreganoiksenne
abessive oreganottanne oreganoittanne
instructive
comitative oreganoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative oreganonsa oreganonsa
accusative nom. oreganonsa oreganonsa
gen. oreganonsa
genitive oreganonsa oreganojensa
partitive oreganoaan
oreganoansa
oreganojaan
oreganojansa
inessive oreganossaan
oreganossansa
oreganoissaan
oreganoissansa
elative oreganostaan
oreganostansa
oreganoistaan
oreganoistansa
illative oreganoonsa oreganoihinsa
adessive oreganollaan
oreganollansa
oreganoillaan
oreganoillansa
ablative oreganoltaan
oreganoltansa
oreganoiltaan
oreganoiltansa
allative oreganolleen
oreganollensa
oreganoilleen
oreganoillensa
essive oreganonaan
oreganonansa
oreganoinaan
oreganoinansa
translative oreganokseen
oreganoksensa
oreganoikseen
oreganoiksensa
abessive oreganottaan
oreganottansa
oreganoittaan
oreganoittansa
instructive
comitative oreganoineen
oreganoinensa

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

oregano

  1. Rōmaji transcription of オレガノ

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon), via Latin origanum and Spanish oregano.

Noun

oregano m (definite singular oreganoen, indefinite plural oreganoer, definite plural oreganoene)

  1. oregano

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon), via Latin origanum and Spanish oregano.

Noun

oregano m (definite singular oreganoen, indefinite plural oreganoar, definite plural oreganoane)

  1. oregano

Synonyms

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish orégano, from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὅρῑ́γανον (hórī́ganon), possibly from ὄρος (óros, mountain, hill) + γάνος (gános, brightness, sheen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.rɛˈɡa.nɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anɔ
  • Syllabification: o‧re‧ga‧no

Noun

oregano n (indeclinable)

  1. oregano (plant)
    Synonym: lebiodka
  2. oregano (leaves used to flavour food)

Further reading

  • oregano in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

oregano c

  1. oregano (spice)
  2. oregano, Origanum vulgare
    Synonym: kungsmynta

Declension

Declension of oregano 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative oregano oreganon
Genitive oreganos oreganons

References

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish orégano, from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρῑ́γᾰνον (orī́ganon).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔoˈɾeɡano/ [ʔoˈɾɛ.ɣɐ.no]
  • Rhymes: -eɡano
  • Syllabification: o‧re‧ga‧no

Noun

oréganó (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇᜒᜄᜈᜓ) (botany)

  1. Cuban oregano
    Synonym: suganda

Further reading

  • oregano”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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