coriander
/ˌkɒ.ɹiˈæn.də/US/ˈkɔ.ɹiˌæn.dɚ/
coriander noun: the annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.
Noun
coriander (usually uncountable, plural corianders)
- The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.
- The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253
- Tobacco and the plant valerian are also considered to be anaphrodisiac in their effects, diminishing sexual inclination. Also vinegar, dried coriander, potassium bromide, cocaine, vervain, acid drinks, lemonade.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 11
- Synonyms:
- Chinese parsley
- The dried fruits thereof, used as a spice.
- Synonyms:
- coriander seeds
coriander meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
coriander in Hindi
- Coriandrum sativum plant
- धनिया dhaniyā
- dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant
- धनिया dhaniyā
coriander in Tamil
- Coriandrum sativum plant
- கொத்தமல்லி kottamalli, கொத்துமல்லி kottumalli, தனியா taṉiyā
coriander in Marathi
- Coriandrum sativum plant
- कोथिंबीर kothimbīr
coriander in Urdu
- coriander
- کوتھمیر kothmīr
More languagesFewer languages
- coriander in Bengali
- ধনিয়া dhoniẏa
- coriander in Telugu
- ధనియాలు dhaniyālu, కొత్తిమీర kottimīra
- coriander in Malayalam
- മല്ലി malli
- coriander in Kannada
- ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ kottumbari, ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ ಅಥವಾ kottumbari athavā, ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ ಬೀಜ kottumbari bīja
- coriander in Punjabi
- ਧਨੀਆ dhanīā, دھنیا dhanīyā
- coriander in Gujarati
- કોથમીર kothmīr, ધાણા dhāṇā
- coriander in Sanskrit
- ধানেয dhāneya
- coriander in Sinhala
- කොත්තමල්ලි kottamalli
- coriander in Assamese
- ধনিয়া dhonia, মেমেধু memedhu
- coriander in Tagalog
- wansoy
- coriander in Arabic
- كُزْبَرَة kuzbara, قُسْبَرَة qusbara, قَسْبُور qasbūr, كَسْبُور kasbūr
- coriander in Malay
- ketumbar
- coriander in Indonesian
- ketumbar
- coriander in Thai
- ผักชี
- coriander in Myanmar
- နံနံ namnam, နံနံပင် namnampang, နံနံစေ့ namnamce.
- Dhivehi
- ކޮތަނބިރ kotaᵐbir
- Dzongkha
- འོད་སུ་ 'od su
Examples of coriander in a sentence
- Stir in the coriander leaves and serve your tom kha gai with steamed jasmine rice.
- They include rosemary, bog myrtle (sweet gale), coriander, caraway, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, juniper, milfoil, mugwort and yarrow.
- It is also known as recao, long coriander, saw-tooth coriander, culantro, or shadow beni.
Synonyms of coriander
Forms of coriander
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Origin of coriander
From Middle English coriandre, from Anglo-Norman coriandre, from Old French corïandre, from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), of uncertain origin. Doublet of cilantro. cognates, etc. Compare Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίαμβλον (koríamblon), Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀪𐁀𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-a2-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ja-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀈𐀜 (ko-ri-ja-do-no), 𐀒𐀪𐀍𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-jo-da-na), Akkadian 𒌑𒄷𒌷𒌝 (^úḫurium) Aramaic כסברה (kusbara, “coriander”), Classical Syriac ܟܽܘܣܒܰܪܬܳܐ (kūsbartā, “coriander”) and Arabic كُزْبَرَة (kuzbara). Beekes supposes that cluster -dn- implies a Pre-Greek word, and hypothesizes that *koriaⁿdro- may have dissimilated to *koriaⁿdno-.
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Questions about coriander
- What does coriander mean?
- Coriander means the annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.
- What is coriander in Hindi?
- Coriander in Hindi is धनिया (dhaniyā). See Coriander meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is coriander?
- Coriander is a noun.
- How do you pronounce coriander?
- Coriander is pronounced /ˌkɒ.ɹiˈæn.də/ (UK).
- What is the plural of coriander?
- The plural of coriander is corianders.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coriander (page history and authors); کوتھمیر (Urdu) (page history and authors); മല്ലി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); دھنیا (Punjabi) (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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