cilantro
/sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/US/sɪˈlɑntɹoʊ/
cilantro noun: the stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

Noun
cilantro (usually uncountable, plural cilantros)
- The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.
- Synonyms:
- Chinese parsley, coriander
cilantro meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Malay
cilantro in Tamil
- பச்சைக் கொத்து மல்லி, கொத்தமல்லி, கொத்துமல்லி
cilantro in Kannada
- leaves of the coriander plant
- ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ kottumbari, ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ ಎಲೆಗಳು kottumbari elegaḷu
cilantro in Arabic
- leaves of the coriander plant
- كُزْبَرَة kuzbara
cilantro in Malay
- leaves of the coriander plant
- daun ketumbar
More languagesFewer languages
- cilantro in Persian
- گشنیز gešniz
- cilantro in Thai
- ผักชี
- cilantro in Myanmar
- နံနံ namnam, နံနံရွက် namnam-rwak
Examples of cilantro in a sentence
- Maybe the guys make things with kale, kohlrabi, exotic vegetables, and their favorite spice is cilantro.
- And yes, I know how to spell cilantro, without using spell-check.
- Shado beni is similar to cilantro but has a stronger flavor.
Synonyms of cilantro
Forms of cilantro
| plural | cilantros |
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Origin of cilantro
From Spanish cilantro, possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant (with a front vowel) of Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander and culantro.
Words formed from cilantro
- cilantrolike
- Vietnamese cilantro
Questions about cilantro
- What does cilantro mean?
- Cilantro means the stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.
- What is cilantro in Tamil?
- Cilantro in Tamil is பச்சைக் கொத்து மல்லி, கொத்தமல்லி, கொத்துமல்லி. See Cilantro meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cilantro?
- Cilantro is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cilantro?
- Cilantro is pronounced /sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cilantro?
- The plural of cilantro is cilantros.
Words near cilantro in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cilantro (page history and authors); cilantro (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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