vanilla
/vəˈnɪl.ə/
vanilla noun: any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
Noun
vanilla (countable and uncountable, plural vanillas)
- Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
- Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 242
- The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.
- Synonyms:
- vanilla bean
- The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.
- Synonyms:
- vanilla extract
- The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.
- Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.
- Synonyms:
- imitation vanilla
- Someone who is not into fetishism.
- An unmodded version of a game.
- Synonyms:
- stock
- A yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream.
- A white person.
Adjective
vanilla (comparative more vanilla, superlative most vanilla)
- Of vanilla.
- A mass of folders and binders. One, vanilla in colour, catches her eye.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN
- Standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic.
- vanilla JavaScript
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- Not kinky, not involving BDSM.
- An uncharacteristically vanilla threesome and non-cute realist rendering - derived paradoxically from tracing drawings rather than photographs.2006, Felix Lance Falkon, Gay Art: A Historic Collection, →ISBN, page 136
- While Dominick was more of a vanilla kind of a guy himself, he wasn't a total dunce when it came to the kinkier sides of things.2010, Chloe Stowe, Hard Water, →ISBN, page 37
- Synonyms:
- normophilic
- Plain; conventional; unimaginative.
- a vanilla rendition of the concerto
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vanilla meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vanilla in Hindi
- वेनिला, वनीला, वेनीला
vanilla in Tamil
- ஒரு தாவர வகை, ஒரு ஐஸ்கிரிம் வகை
vanilla in Marathi
- व्हॅनिला, व्हेनीला
vanilla in Urdu
- fruit
- ایک خوشبو aik khushbu
More languagesFewer languages
- vanilla in Bengali
- ভ্যানিলা
- vanilla in Telugu
- వనిల్లా, వెనిల్లా, వనిలా
- vanilla in Malayalam
- വാനില
- vanilla in Kannada
- ವೆನಿಲ್ಲಾ, ವೆನಿಲಾ
- vanilla in Punjabi
- ਵਨੀਲਾ, ਵੈਨੀਲਾ, ਵੇਨੀਲਾ
- vanilla in Gujarati
- વેનીલા, વેનિલા
- vanilla in Odia
- ଭାନିଲା, ଭେନିଲା, ଭ୍ଯାନିଲା
- vanilla in Nepali
- भ्यानिला, भेनिला, वानिला
- vanilla in Tagalog
- baynilya
- vanilla in Arabic
- ڤَانِيلَّا vanillā, ڤَانِيلِيَا vaniliyā, وَنِيلِيَّة wanīliyya
- vanilla in Malay
- vanila
- vanilla in Indonesian
- vanili, vanila
- vanilla in Thai
- ฝักวานิลลา, วานิลลา wá-ní-laa
- vanilla in Vietnamese
- vani, vanilla
- vanilla in Myanmar
- သစ်ခွရည် sachkwa.rany
Examples of vanilla in a sentence
- The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.
- I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice cream to be a "real" float.
- The cake was delicious: half was vanilla and half was chocolate.
Synonyms of vanilla
Forms of vanilla
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vanillas |
| alternative clipping | nilla |
| alternative form (archaic) | vanille |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more vanilla |
| superlative | most vanilla |
Origin of vanilla
Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream.
Words formed from vanilla
- banilla
- Cuban vanilla
- imitation vanilla
- nonvanilla
- plain vanilla
- vanilla bean
- vanillaed
- vanilla essence
- vanilla extract
- vanillafied
- vanillafy
- vanilla grass
- vanilla leaf
- vanilla-like
- vanillalike
- vanillaness
- vanillar
- vanilla slice
- vanilla submarine
- vanillatte
- vanilla wafer
- vanilla-y
- vanillery
- vanillic
- vanillism
Phrases with vanilla
Words that rhyme with vanilla
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- granadilla
- maxilla
- villa
- cascarilla
- cedilla
- coronilla
- mammilla
- mantilla
- Priscilla
- rachilla
- sabadilla
- sapodilla
- scilla
- scintilla
- tefilla
- Anguilla
- antiguerrilla
- aspergilla
- axizilla
- bitchzilla
- bridezilla
- camarilla
- Chipzilla
- couplezilla
- cuntzilla
- Drusilla
- Fedzilla
- fibrilla
- Godzilla
- groomzilla
- hemimaxilla
- hydrilla
- manilla
- millah
- momzilla
- perilla
- premaxilla
- promzilla
- salsilla
- scrilla
- sensilla
- septomaxilla
- serial killer
- sherilla
- Silla
- sinsemilla
- spirilla
- submaxilla
Questions about vanilla
- What does vanilla mean?
- Vanilla means any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
- What is vanilla in Hindi?
- Vanilla in Hindi is वेनिला, वनीला, वेनीला. See Vanilla meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vanilla?
- Vanilla can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce vanilla?
- Vanilla is pronounced /vəˈnɪl.ə/.
- What is the plural of vanilla?
- The plural of vanilla is vanillas.
Words near vanilla in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vanilla (page history and authors); vanilla (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vanilla (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vanilla (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vanilla (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vanilla (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vanilla (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vanilla (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vanilla (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vanilla (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vanilla (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vanilla (Nepali, 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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