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• cardamon

語源

Late 中期英語, from Old French cardamome or Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɑː.də.məm/, /ˈkɑː.də.mən/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkɑɹ.də.məm/, /ˈkɑɹ.dəˌmɑm/

名詞

cardamom (countable and uncountable, plural cardamoms)

1. An herb, native to India (Elettaria cardamomum).
2. Seed of Elettaria cardamomum, used as a medicine and spice, especially in curry powder.
   • 2026 January 25, Joy Saha, “Cardamom, the spice you’re missing”, in Salon‎, archived from the original on 26 January 2026:

     As I’ve gotten older, that vitriol slowly transformed into acceptance, then adoration. The more I cooked at home and explored South Asian cuisine, the more I realized how important cardamom is.

3. (uncommon, inexact) Synonym of grains of paradise, seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, of East Africa.

同意語

• (spice): elaichi, queen of spices

派生語

• black cardamom
• Cardamom Mountains
• green cardamom
• large cardamom

派生した語

• → Cornish: kardamon

参照

• “cardamom, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888.
• Weeks, Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck‘sDictionary of SelectedSynonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages

Further reading

• “cardamom”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.