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ginger

/ˈdʒɪndʒə/JIN-jur
/ˈdʒɪndʒɚ/JIN-jur

Meaningginger

Common meaning: a hot spicy root

Journey through time

  1. Latinzingiber‘ginger’source
  2. Middle Englishgingersource
  3. Englishginger‘a hot spicy root’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin zingiber ‘ginger’.

Roots

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