cinnamon
UK/ˈsɪnəmən//ˈsɪəmən/
cinnamon noun: a small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
Noun
cinnamon (countable and uncountable, plural cinnamons)
- A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
- Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
- A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as a trade name for spices made of any of the species above.
- cinnamon toast
- cinnamon gum
- true cinnamon, the product made of Cinnamomum verum
- A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.
- They instructed the upholsterer to do the sofa in cinnamon and the ottoman in umber.
Adjective
cinnamon (not comparable)
- Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
- Of a yellowish-brown color.
Proper noun capitalized: Cinnamon
Cinnamon (plural Cinnamons)
- A surname.
- A female given name.
- Cinnamon went on a tear to get the house ready […]2023, Christine Pride, Jo Piazza, You Were Always Mine, page 195
cinnamon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cinnamon in Hindi
- Cinnamomum verum
- दालचीनी dālcīnī
- spice
- दारचीनी dārcīnī, दालचीनी dālcīnī, मुखशोधन mukhśodhan, शीत śīt, सलपत्र salpatra, सुगंधवल्कल sugandhvalkal
cinnamon in Tamil
- Cinnamomum verum
- இலவங்கம் ilavaṅkam, கருவா karuvā, கறுவா kaṟuvā
- spice
- கருவாப்பட்டை karuvāppaṭṭai, இலவங்கப்பட்டை ilavaṅkappaṭṭai
cinnamon in Marathi
- Cinnamomum verum
- दालचिनी dālcinī
- spice
- दालचिनी dālcinī
cinnamon in Urdu
- spice
- دارچینی dārcīnī
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- cinnamon in Bengali
- দারচিনি darcini, দারুচিনি darucini
- cinnamon in Telugu
- దాల్చిని dālcini, లవంగపట్ట lavaṅgapaṭṭa
- cinnamon in Malayalam
- കറുവ kaṟuva, കറുവാപ്പട്ട kaṟuvāppaṭṭa
- cinnamon in Kannada
- ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ dālcinni
- cinnamon in Punjabi
- ਦਾਲ਼ਚੀਨੀ dāḷcīnī
- cinnamon in Gujarati
- તજ taj
- cinnamon in Odia
- ଦାରୁଚିନି, ଦାଲଚିନି
- cinnamon in Sanskrit
- दारुचिनी dārucinī, चोच coca, चोचक cocaka, दारुसिता dārusitā
- cinnamon in Sinhala
- කුරුඳු kuruⁿdu
- cinnamon in Assamese
- দালচেনি dalseni
- cinnamon in Nepali
- दालचिनी dālacinī
- cinnamon in Tagalog
- kanela
- cinnamon in Arabic
- قِرْفَة qirfa
- cinnamon in Malay
- kayu manis, kulit kayu manis
- cinnamon in Indonesian
- kayu manis
- cinnamon in Persian
- دارچین dârčin
- cinnamon in Thai
- อบเชย òp-chəəi
- cinnamon in Vietnamese
- cây quế, quế
- cinnamon in Myanmar
- သစ်ကြံပိုးပင် sackrampui:pang, သစ်ကြံပိုး sackrampui:
- Dhivehi
- ފޮނި ތޮށި foni toṣi
Examples of cinnamon in a sentence
- I love the aroma of cinnamon.
- Her favorite pancakes are semi-homemade — she starts with a certain premade pancake mix and then adds cinnamon, barley flour, and other treats.
- Sprinkle it all over." She nodded at the bowl with the cinnamon, sugar and butter crumble.
Forms of cinnamon
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cinnamons |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cinnamons |
Origin of cinnamon
From Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), later κίνναμον (kínnamon), according to Herodotus from Phoenician [Term?], cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן (qinnāmōn).
Words formed from cinnamon
- Ceylon cinnamon
- Chinese cinnamon
- cinnamaldehyde
- cinnamic
- cinnamic acid
- cinnamon attila
- cinnamon bark
- cinnamon bear
- cinnamon bread
- cinnamon-breasted tit
- cinnamon bun
- cinnamoned
- cinnamon fern Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
- cinnamon fungus
- cinnamon hummingbird
- cinnamonic
- cinnamonlike
- cinnamon ring
- cinnamonrita
- cinnamon roll
- cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner
- cinnamon shadowdragon
- cinnamon snail
- cinnamon stick
- cinnamon stone
- cinnamon sugar
- cinnamon teal
- cinnamontini
- cinnamon vine
- cinnamon wattle
- cinnamony
- Indian cinnamon
- Indonesian cinnamon
- Malabar cinnamon
- oil of cinnamon
- Saigon cinnamon
- Sri Lanka cinnamon
- true cinnamon
- Vietnamese cinnamon
- white cinnamon
- wild cinnamon (Canella winterana
- xylocinnamon)
Phrases with cinnamon
- Cinnamon Cay
- cinnamon buns
- cinnamon fern
- cinnamon bears
- cinnamon ferns
- cinnamon fungi
- cinnamon rings
- cinnamon rolls
- cinnamon teals
- cinnamon vines
- cinnamon breads
- cinnamon snails
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Questions about cinnamon
- What does cinnamon mean?
- Cinnamon means a small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
- What is cinnamon in Hindi?
- Cinnamon in Hindi is दालचीनी (dālcīnī), दारचीनी (dārcīnī), मुखशोधन (mukhśodhan). See Cinnamon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cinnamon?
- Cinnamon can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cinnamon?
- Cinnamon is pronounced /ˈsɪnəmən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cinnamon?
- The plural of cinnamon is cinnamons.
Words near cinnamon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cinnamon (page history and authors); Cinnamon (page history and authors); cinnamon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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