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語源

From 中期英語 caraway, carewey, carwey, from Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/, /ˈkɛɹəˌweɪ/

名詞

caraway (countable and uncountable, plural caraways)

1. A biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice. (The convention of putting caraway seeds into rye bread sometimes causes confusion about so-called rye seeds.)
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56:

     Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mentioned in Oriental love manuals.

2. The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
3. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
   • 1897, Imogen Clark, Will Shakespeare's Little Lad:

     I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways

   • 1916, The Country Gentleman:

     the housewife of today can surely match the skill of those of three centuries ago and make "caraways” or cheesecakes

同意語

• Persian cumin

派生語

Further reading

• caraway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “caraway”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “caraway”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

語源

From Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَّا (karāwiyyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”). Doublet of carvi.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkarwiː/, /ˈkarəˌwiː/, /-wæi̯/

名詞

caraway (uncountable)

1. Caraway or its seed.

   Synonym: carvi

派生した語

• English: caraway
• Scots: carvy
• → Welsh: carwy, carwas

参照

• “carewei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 April 2019.