coriandre

Catalan

Alternative forms

• celiandre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coriandrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.ɾiˈan.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.ɾiˈan.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.ɾiˈan.dɾe]

Noun

coriandre m (plural coriandres)

1. coriander

References

• “coriandre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “coriandre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French coriandre, borrowed from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίανδρον (koríandron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁjɑ̃dʁ/

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Noun

coriandre f (plural coriandres)

1. (countable) coriander (the plant)
2. (uncountable) coriander (the herb and spice)

Descendants

• → Romanian: coriandru

Further reading

• “coriandre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cellendre, coliandre, coliaundre, colliander, colyandre, colyaundre, coriaunder, coryandry, coryaundre

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French coriandre, itself borrowed from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔriˈa(u̯)ndrə/, /ˈkɔria(u̯)ndər/
• (with dissimilation) IPA^(key): /kɔliˈa(u̯)ndrə/, /ˈkɔlia(u̯)ndər/

Noun

coriandre (uncountable) (uncommon)

1. Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) or its seed.

Descendants

• English: coriander
• Scots: corrydander

References

• “colia(u)ndre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “coria(u)ndre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• coliandre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon).

Noun

coriandre oblique singular, f (oblique plural coriandres, nominative singular coriandre, nominative plural coriandres)

1. coriander
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 165 of this essay:

     les doit on cuire en plante d’eaue avec d’orge et avec coriandre nouvelle ou laictue ou avec fruitz frois

     one must cook them with barley, fresh coriander or lettuce or with cold fruits

Descendants

• French: coriandre
  • → Romanian: coriandru
• → Middle English: coriandre, cellendre, coliandre, coliaundre, colliander, colyandre, colyaundre, coriaunder, coryandry, coryaundre
  • English: coriander
  • Scots: corrydander