英和和英

語源

From Middle English anys, borrowed from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison), from Egyptian jnst.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈniːz/, (dated) /ˈæn.ɪs/^[1]
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ɪs/, /æˈnis/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /əˈnis/
• 韻: -iːs, -iːz

名詞

anise (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 anises)

1. An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.
2. (US, often qualified as "sweet anise" または "wild anise") Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.
   • 1934, The Gull (Golden Gate Audubon Society), volumes 16-29, page 25:

     […] of the butcherbirds which were perched on the electric wires skirting the road must be nesting birds, and that in the absence of trees or brush they must be nesting in some of the weeds along the highway, mostly anise (Foeniculum vulgare).

使用する際の注意点

• Although fennel is sometimes referred to as anise (even in books), such usage is considered incorrect and leads to confusion with true anise.

同意語

• anix

派生語

参考

• five-spice powder
• mastika
• ouzo
• raki

参照

アナグラム

• Aisne, IESNA, Saine, Siena, asine, isnae