origanum

See also: Origanum

English

Etymology

From the genus name. Doublet of oregano.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈɹɪɡənəm/

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 (orī́ganon).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈriː.ɡa.num/, [ɔˈriːɡänʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈri.ɡa.num/, [oˈriːɡänum]

Noun

orīganum n (genitive orīganī); second declension

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	orīganum	orīgana
Genitive	orīganī	orīganōrum
Dative	orīganō	orīganīs
Accusative	orīganum	orīgana
Ablative	orīganō	orīganīs
Vocative	orīganum	orīgana

Descendants

Catalan: orenga
French: origan
Galician: ourego
Italian: origano
Piedmontese: orìgan, rìgan
Portuguese: orégão, ourégão, ourego
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.

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