thyme

/taɪm/

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Australia/tɑem/

thyme noun: any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

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Noun

thyme (countable and uncountable, plural thymes)

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

thyme meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Punjabi

thyme in Tamil

ஓமம்

thyme in Urdu

plant of the genus Thymus — see also wild thyme: حاشا hāśā

thyme in Telugu

థైమ్

thyme in Punjabi

thyme: ਜਵੈਣ javaiṇ

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thyme in Tagalog: tomilyo
thyme in Arabic: زَعْتَر zaʕtar, صَعْتَر ṣaʕtar, حَاشَا ḥāšā
thyme in Persian: آویشن âvišan, حاشا hâšâ
thyme in Vietnamese: húng tây

Examples of thyme in a sentence

The sommelier noted strong herbaceous notes of thyme and lemongrass in the sauvignon blanc.
The thyme can be subbed out for rosemary or sage, if you prefer.
Pour in the stock and add the carrots, peas, celery, tomatoes, thyme, and rosemary.

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Forms of thyme

plural	thymes

Plural of thyme: thymes

Origin of thyme

From Middle English tyme, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon). Displaced native Old English boþen.

Words formed from thyme

Words that rhyme with thyme

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Questions about thyme

What does thyme mean?: Thyme means any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
What is thyme in Tamil?: Thyme in Tamil is ஓமம். See Thyme meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thyme?: Thyme is a noun.
How do you pronounce thyme?: Thyme is pronounced /taɪm/ (UK).
What is the plural of thyme?: The plural of thyme is thymes.

Words near thyme in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: thyme (page history and authors); thyme (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thyme (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਜਵੈਣ (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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