fennel
/ˈfɛnəl/
fennel noun: a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.

Noun
fennel (usually uncountable, plural fennels)
Proper noun capitalized: Fennel
Fennel (plural Fennels)
- A surname.
fennel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fennel in Hindi
- spice used in cooking
- सौंफ sa͠uph
fennel in Tamil
- Foeniculum vulgare, the plant
- பெருஞ்சீரகம் peruñcīrakam, சோம்பு cōmpu
fennel in Marathi
- fennel
- बडीशेप baḍīśep
fennel in Urdu
- سونف
More languagesFewer languages
- fennel in Telugu
- సోంపు sōmpu
- fennel in Malayalam
- പെരുംജീരകം peruñjīrakaṁ
- fennel in Kannada
- ಸೊಂಪು sompu
- fennel in Punjabi
- ਸੌਂਫ saumph
- fennel in Gujarati
- વરિયાળી variyāḷī
- fennel in Sinhala
- මාදුරු māduru, මහදුරු mahaduru
- fennel in Assamese
- গুৱামৰি guamori, মৌৰি mouri
- fennel in Arabic
- شَمَر šamar
- fennel in Malay
- adas landi, adas pedas, jintan hitam
- fennel in Indonesian
- adas
- fennel in Persian
- رازیانه râziyâne
- fennel in Thai
- ผักชีล้อม chii-lɔ́ɔm
- fennel in Myanmar
- စမုန်စပါး ca.munca.pa:
Examples of fennel in a sentence
- The herbs de Provence, onions, fennel, and garlic fill up my kitchen with good smells.
- If I'm being more accurate, it's generally passoline rather than raisins and wild fennel rather than cultivated.
- Just as good was a thick-cut pork chop, charcoal grilled with fennel seeds alongside braised borlotti beans.
Synonyms of fennel
Forms of fennel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fennels |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Fennels |
Origin of fennel
From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Proto-West Germanic *fenukl, from the Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, fēnoclum, from Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo. Doublet of finocchio and finook.
Words formed from fennel
- bronze fennel
- common fennel
- dogfennel
- dog fennel (Anthemis cotula, Eupatorium capillifolium, etc
- fennel flower
- fennelflower
- fennel-flower
- fennel pondweed
- Florence fennel
- giant fennel
- hog fennel
- hog’s fennel
- meridian fennel
- sea fennel
- sweet fennel
- water fennel
- wild fennel
Phrases with fennel
Words that rhyme with fennel
Questions about fennel
- What does fennel mean?
- Fennel means a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
- What is fennel in Hindi?
- Fennel in Hindi is सौंफ (sa͠uph). See Fennel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fennel?
- Fennel can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce fennel?
- Fennel is pronounced /ˈfɛnəl/.
- What is the plural of fennel?
- The plural of fennel is fennels.
Words near fennel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fennel (page history and authors); Fennel (page history and authors); बडीशेप (Marathi) (page history and authors); fennel (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੌਂਫ (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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