cinnamon

See also: Cinnamon

English

Sticks of Cinnamomum burmanni

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mən/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mən/, /ˈsɪn.ə.mɪn/

• Audio (US):

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  • (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ.mɪn/
• Rhymes: (nonstandard) -ɪmɪn

Noun

cinnamon (countable and uncountable, plural cinnamons)

1. (countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
2. Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).
3. (chiefly uncountable) 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 trade name for spices made of any of the species above.
   1. true cinnamon, the product made of Cinnamomum verum
4. (countable) A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.

   cinnamon:  

Derived terms

• Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
• Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
• cinnamaldehyde
• cinnamic
• cinnamic acid
• cinnamon attila (Attila cinnamomeus)
• cinnamon bark (Canella winterana)
• cinnamon bear (Ursus americanus cinnamomum)
• cinnamon bread
• cinnamon-breasted tit (Melaniparus pallidiventris)
• cinnamon bun
• cinnamoned
• cinnamon fern Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
• cinnamon fungus
• cinnamon hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
• cinnamonic
• cinnamonlike
• cinnamon ring
• cinnamon roll
• cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner (Philydor pyrrhodes)
• cinnamon shadowdragon (Neurocordulia virginiensis)
• cinnamon stick
• cinnamon stone
• cinnamon sugar
• cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
• cinnamon vine
• cinnamon wattle (Acacia leprosa)
• cinnamony
• Indian cinnamon (Cinnamomum tamale)
• Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii)
• Malabar cinnamon (Cinnamomum citriodorum)
• oil of cinnamon
• Saigon cinnamon (Cinnamomum loureiroi)
• Sri Lanka cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
• true cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
• Vietnamese cinnamon (Cinnamomum loureiroi)
• white cinnamon (Canella winterana)
• wild cinnamon (Canella winterana)
• xylocinnamon

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: シナモン (shinamon)
• → Korean: 시나몬 (sinamon)
• → Maori: hinamona
• → Welsh: synamon

Translations

Cinnamomum verum

• Afrikaans: kaneelboom
• Albanian: kanellë (sq) f
• Arabic: قِرْفَة f (qirfa)

  Hijazi Arabic: قرفة (girfa)

  Moroccan Arabic: قرفة (qarfa)

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܕܪܨܝܢܝ (dārṣīnī), ܨܝܢܕܪܓ (ṣīndreḡ)

• Armenian: դարչին (hy) (darčʻin)
• Assamese: দালচেনি (dalseni)
• Azerbaijani: darçın (az)
• Basque: kanela
• Bengali: দারচিনি (bn) (darcini), দারুচিনি (bn) (darucini)
• Bikol Central: kanela (bcl)
• Breton: gwez-kanell (collective)
• Bulgarian: кане́лено дърво́ n (kanéleno dǎrvó), кане́ла (bg) f (kanéla)
• Burmese: သစ်ကြံပိုးပင် (sackrampui:pang)
• Catalan: canyeller (ca) m, caneller m
• Cebuano: kanela
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肉桂 (zh) (ròuguì), 桂皮 (zh) (guìpí)

• Cornish: kanel pl, kanelen f
• Czech: skořicovník m
• Dhivehi: ފޮނި ތޮށި (foni toṣi)
• Dutch: kaneelboom (nl) m
• Esperanto: vera cinamomo
• Finnish: ceyloninkaneli, kanelipuu (fi)
• French: cannelier (fr) m
• Georgian: დარიჩინი (daričini)
• German: Zimtbaum (de) m
• Greek: κανέλα (el) f (kanéla)
• Gujarati: તજ (gu) (taj)
• Hebrew: קִנָּמוֹן (he) m (qinnāmṓn)
• Hindi: दालचीनी (hi) (dālcīnī)
• Hungarian: fahéjfa (hu)
• Icelandic: kaniltré n, kanill (is) m
• Indonesian: kayu manis (id)
• Italian: cannella (it) f
• Japanese: セイロンニッケイ (Seiron nikkei)
• Javanese: ꦏꦪꦸꦩꦤꦶꦱ꧀ (kayu manis)
• Kannada: ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ (kn) (dālcinni)
• Korean: 시나몬 (sinamon), 실론계피나무 (sillon'gyepinamu)
• Latin: cinnamōmum n, cinnamum n
• Malagasy: kanelina
• Malay: kayu manis (ms)
• Malayalam: കറുവ (ml) (kaṟuva)
• Maltese: kannella (mt) f
• Marathi: दालचिनी (dālcinī)
• Mongolian: шанц (šanc)
• Nepali: दालचिनी (ne) (dālacinī)
• Norwegian: kaneltre n
• Oromo: qarafaa
• Persian: دارچین (fa) (dârčin)
• Polish: cynamonowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: caneleira f
• Romanian: scorțișor (ro) m
• Russian: кори́чное де́рево n (koríčnoje dérevo), кори́ца (ru) f (koríca), кори́чник настоя́щий m (koríčnik nastojáščij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цимет m

  Roman: cimet (sh) m

• Sinhalese: කුරුඳු (si) (kuruⁿdu)
• Slovak: škoricovník (sk) m
• Somali: qorfe (so)
• Spanish: canelo (es) m
• Swahili: mdalasini
• Swedish: äkta kanel c, kanel (sv) c
• Tagalog: kanela
• Tamil: இலவங்கப்பட்டை (ta) (ilavaṅkappaṭṭai), கருவாப்பட்டை (ta) (karuvāppaṭṭai), கறுவாப்பட்டை (kaṟuvāppaṭṭai)
• Thai: อบเชย (th) (òp-chəəi)
• Tibetan: ཤིང་ཚ (shing tsha)
• Turkish: tarçın ağacı
• Vietnamese: cây quế
• Volapük: kirfatep, kirfatabim

any of related trees in the genus Cinnamomum

• Catalan: canyeller (ca) m, caneller m
• Fijian: macou, macovu, maiu, mou
• Finnish: kanelipuu (fi)
• French: cannelier (fr) m
• Italian: cinnamomo (it) m
• Japanese: 肉桂 (ja) (nikkei)
• Kikuyu: mũtarathini class 3
• Polish: cynamonowiec (pl) m
• Russian: кори́чник (ru) m (koríčnik)
• Spanish: canelo (es) m
• Swedish: kanel (sv) c

spice

• Afrikaans: kaneel
• Albanian: kanellë (sq) f
• Amharic: ቀረፋ (ḳäräfa)
• Arabic: قِرْفَة f (qirfa)

  Egyptian Arabic: قرفة f (ʔerfa)

  Gulf Arabic: دارسين m (dārsīn)

  Hijazi Arabic: قرفة f (girfa)

• Aramaic:

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דַּרְצִינִי (darṣīnī)

• Armenian: դարչին (hy) (darčʻin)

  Old Armenian: դարիճենիկ (daričenik), կինամոմոն (kinamomon)

• Azerbaijani: darçın (az)
• Belarusian: кары́ца f (karýca), цынамо́н m (cynamón) (taraškievica)
• Breton: kanell (br) m
• Brunei Malay: kayu manis
• Bulgarian: кане́ла (bg) f (kanéla)
• Burmese: သစ်ကြံပိုး (my) (sackrampui:)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 肉桂 (juk⁶ gwai³)

  Mandarin: 肉桂 (zh) (ròuguì)

• Cornish: kanel pl, kanelen f
• Crimean Tatar: tarçın
• Czech: skořice (cs) f
• Danish: kanel (da) c
• Dutch: kaneel (nl) n
• Esperanto: cinamo
• Estonian: kaneel
• Faroese: kanel n
• Fijian: macou, macovu, maiu, mou
• Finnish: kaneli (fi)
• French: cannelle (fr) f
• Galician: canela (gl) f
• Georgian: დარიჩინი (daričini)
• German: Zimt (de) m, Kaneel m
• Greek: κανέλα (el) f (kanéla)

  Ancient: κιννάμωμον n (kinnámōmon)

• Hausa: kirfa (ha)
• Hebrew: קינמון \ קִנָּמוֹן (he) m (kinamón)
• Hindi: दारचीनी (hi) f (dārcīnī), दालचीनी (hi) f (dālcīnī), मुखशोधन (hi) m (mukhśodhan), शीत (hi) m (śīt), सलपत्र (hi) m (salpatra), सुगंधवल्कल (hi) m (sugandhvalkal), चोतक (hi) m (cotak), चोच (hi) m (coc)
• Hungarian: fahéj (hu)
• Icelandic: kanill (is) m, kanell m
• Indonesian: kayu manis (id)
• Irish: cainéal m
• Italian: cannella (it) f
• Japanese: シナモン (ja) (shinamon), 肉桂 (ja) (nikki, nikkei)
• Kabuverdianu: kanéla
• Kannada: ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ (kn) (dālcinni)
• Kazakh: даршын (darşyn)
• Khiamniungan Naga: tìu
• Kikuyu: ndarathini class 9/10
• Korean: 계피 (ko) (gyepi), 시나몬 (sinamon)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دارچین (darçîn)

  Northern Kurdish: darçîn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: корица (koritsa)
• Lao: ແຄ່ (khǣ), ອົບເຊີຍ (ʼop sœ̄i)
• Latin: cinnamōmum n, cinnamum n
• Latvian: kanēlis
• Lithuanian: cinamonas m
• Low German: Kaneel (nds) m
• Macedonian: цимет m (cimet)
• Malay: kayu manis (ms), kulit kayu manis
• Malayalam: കറുവപ്പട്ട (kaṟuvappaṭṭa)
• Maltese: kannella (mt) f, ċinnamonu m
• Maori: hinamona
• Marathi: दालचिनी f (dālcinī)
• Navajo: tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ tsin bikáshtʼóózh bitáʼahí bił éʼélʼíní
• Norman: cannelle f
• Norwegian: kanel (no)
• Occitan: canèla (oc) f
• Ottoman Turkish: دارچین (darçın)
• Persian: دارچین (fa) (dârčin)
• Polish: cynamon (pl) m
• Portuguese: canela (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਦਾਲ਼ਚੀਨੀ f (dāḷcīnī)
• Romanian: scorțișoară (ro) f
• Russian: кори́ца (ru) f (koríca)
• Sanskrit: दारुचिनी (sa) f (dārucinī), चोच (sa) n (coca), चोचक (sa) n (cocaka), दारुसिता (sa) f (dārusitā), बहुगन्ध (sa) n (bahugandha)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цимет m

  Roman: cimet (sh) m

• Shan: ၵႅင်းႁွမ် (shn) (kéng hǎum)
• Slovak: škorica (sk) f
• Slovene: cimet (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: cymt m

  Upper Sorbian: cymt m, skorica f

• Spanish: canela (es) f
• Swahili: dalasini
• Swedish: kanel (sv) c
• Tagalog: kanela
• Tai Dam: ꪵꪁꪫ꪿
• Tajik: дорчин (dorčin)
• Tatar: дарчин (tt) (darçin)
• Telugu: దాల్చిని (te) (dālcini), లవంగపట్ట (te) (lavaṅgapaṭṭa)
• Thai: อบเชย (th) (òp-chəəi)
• Tigrinya: ቃርፋ (ḳarfa)
• Turkish: tarçın (tr)
• Turkmen: darçyn
• Ukrainian: кори́ця (uk) f (korýcja), цинамо́н (uk) m (cynamón)
• Urdu: دارچینی f (dārcīnī)
• Uyghur: دارچىن (darchin)
• Uzbek: dolchin (uz), koritsa
• Venetan: canela
• Vietnamese: quế (vi)
• Volapük: kirfat
• Welsh: synamon m
• Yiddish: צימרינג m (tsimring), צימערינג m (tsimering)

colour

• Armenian: դարչնագույն (hy) (darčʻnaguyn)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Dutch: kaneelkleur f
• Finnish: kanelinruskea
• French: cannelle (fr) m
• Galician: canela (gl) f
• Greek: κανελί (el) n (kanelí)
• Hungarian: fahéjbarna (hu), fahéjszín
• Icelandic: kanilbrúnn m
• Italian: cannella (it)
• Japanese: 肉桂色 (nikkeiiro)
• Norwegian: kanelfarge m
• Polish: cynamonowy (pl)
• Portuguese: canela (pt) m
• Spanish: color canela m
• Vietnamese: (màu) nâu vàng
• Volapük: kirfataköl

Adjective

cinnamon (not comparable)

1. Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
2. Of a yellowish-brown color.

Translations

flavor

• Bulgarian: канелен (kanelen)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Dutch: kaneelachtig, met kaneelsmaak
• Finnish: kaneli- (fi), kanelinmakuinen
• German: Zimt (de) m
• Hungarian: fahéjas (hu)
• Italian: di cannella
• Japanese: シナモン味の (shinamon-aji no)
• Polish: cynamonowy (pl)
• Portuguese: de canela
• Russian: кори́чный (ru) (koríčnyj)
• Slovak: škoricový (sk)
• Vietnamese: (hương vị) quế

color

• Bulgarian: канелен (kanelen)
• Catalan: canyella (ca) f, canella (ca) f
• Dutch: kaneelkleurig
• Finnish: kanelinruskea
• French: cannelle (fr)
• Greek: κανελής (el) (kanelís)
• Hungarian: fahéjbarna (hu)
• Italian: cannella (it)
• Japanese: 肉桂色の (nikkei-iro no)
• Polish: cynamonowy (pl)
• Portuguese: canela (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: cimet (sh) m
• Slovak: škoricový (sk)
• Vietnamese: (màu) quế
• Volapük: kirfatakölik

See also

• canella
• cassia
• essonite, hessonite
• five-spice powder
• red-hot
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• “cinnamon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “cinnamon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “cinnamon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• nonmanic