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caraway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɛɹəˌweɪ/ (General-American)
• /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
   • "I'll be sure to move aside," replied Sancho, "but may it please God," he continued, "that it turns out to be oregano and not fulling hammers."² [...] 2. Sancho is citing part of a proverb—"May it please God that this is oregano and not caraway"—which warns against fool's gold (oregano was considered more valuable than caraway). Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 153:
   • Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mentioned in Oriental love manuals. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56:
2. (countable, uncountable) The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
3. (countable, uncountable) A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
   • the housewife of today can surely match the skill of those of three centuries ago and make "caraways” or cheesecakes 1916, The Country Gentleman:
   • I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways 1897, Imogen Clark, Will Shakespeare's Little Lad:

Forms

Deriveds

caraway seed bread · caraway thyme · black caraway

Synonyms

Persian cumin

Translations (144)

dsb garba (seed/fruit) · nb karve (plant) · pt cominho (plant) · lv ķimenes (seed/fruit) · ga cearbhas (plant) · nb kummen (plant) · bg ким (plant) · uk кмин (plant) · txb ajamot (plant) · da kommen (seed/fruit) · nds Kæm (plant) · mk ким (plant) · mi karowi (plant) · syc ܟܵܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (seed/fruit) · sco carvey (seed/fruit) · nb kummen (seed/fruit) · kmr jaj (plant) · te కారవి (seed/fruit) · sv kummin (plant) · is kúmen (seed/fruit) · el αγριοκύμινο (seed/fruit) · nds Kæm (seed/fruit) · arc כַרְוָיָא (seed/fruit) · grc κάρον (seed/fruit) · gl herba doce (plant) · pt cariz (seed/fruit) · lv ķimene (plant) · grc καρώ (seed/fruit) · sk rasca (seed/fruit) · ca comí de prat (plant) · he קִימֶל (seed/fruit) · nrf carawé (seed/fruit) · sh kȉm (seed/fruit) · pt alcaravia (plant) · ms jintan (seed/fruit) · hi विलायती जीरा (plant) · arz كرويا (seed/fruit) · pl kminek (plant) · fi kumina (seed/fruit) · la carui (seed/fruit) · ro chimen (plant) · syc ܟܲܪܘܵܝܵܐ (plant) · enm carvi (plant) · ca alcaravia (plant) · arz كرويا (plant) · nrf carawé (plant) · tr frenk kimyonu (plant) · pt alcaravia (seed/fruit) · arc כרבייא (plant) · pt cariz (plant) · ka კვლიავი (plant) · sl kumina (plant) · bg кимион (seed/fruit) · ka ძირა (seed/fruit) · ka ზირა (plant) · pl kminek (seed/fruit) · ar كَرَوْيَاء (plant) · sv kummin (seed/fruit) · syc ܟܲܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (seed/fruit) · sq qimnon (plant) · la carui (plant) · mk ким (seed/fruit) · nb karve (seed/fruit) · eo karvio (plant) · hy չաման (plant) · dsb garba (plant) · ro chimen (seed/fruit) · gl carnabaza (plant) · gd carbhaidh (plant) · cy carwy (plant) · hu köménymag (seed/fruit) · eu txarpoil (plant) · et köömen (plant) · grc καρώ (plant) · de Kümmel (plant) · hi शाहजीरा (seed/fruit) · cs kmín (plant) · ca comí de prat (seed/fruit) · ar كَرَوْيَاء (seed/fruit) · ka ზირა (seed/fruit) · sco carvey (plant) · lt kmynas (plant) · he קִימֶל (plant) · fo danskt kumman (plant) · nl karwijzaad (seed/fruit) · es alcaravea (seed/fruit) · sh ки̏м (plant) · arc כרבייא (seed/fruit) · ru тмин (plant) · ca alcaravia (seed/fruit) · ar كَرَاوِيَا (plant) · it cumino dei prati (seed/fruit) · es alcaravea (plant) · fr carvi (seed/fruit) · sh kȉm (plant) · cmn 葛縷子 /葛缕子 (plant) · ka კვლიავი (seed/fruit) · gd carbhaidh (seed/fruit) · sva გიცვრილ (plant) · syc ܟܲܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (plant) · tr çemen (plant) · syc ܟܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ (seed/fruit) · cs kmín (seed/fruit) · fa زیره سیاه (plant) · nl karwij (seed/fruit) · el αγριοκύμινο (plant) · ar كَرَاوِيَا (seed/fruit) · rsk рашка (plant) · cy carwy (seed/fruit) · sq qimnon (seed/fruit) · rsk рашка (seed/fruit) · id jintan (plant) · cmn 葛縷子 /葛缕子 (seed/fruit) · da kommen (plant) · nl karwij (plant) · hy չաման (seed/fruit) · uk кмин (seed/fruit) · it carvi (seed/fruit) · vo karvidasids (seed/fruit) · mi karowi (seed/fruit) · sk rasca (plant) · vo karvidasid (seed/fruit) · syc ܟܵܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (plant) · es carvis (seed/fruit) · gl carvea (plant) · ka ძირა (plant) · sl kumina (seed/fruit) · arc כַרְוָיָא (plant) · sh ки̏м (seed/fruit) · enm caraway (plant) · syc ܟܲܪܘܵܝܵܐ (seed/fruit) · fr carvi (plant) · hu kömény (plant) · fa کراویا (plant) · ru тмин (seed/fruit) · vo karvid (plant) · it carvi (plant) · syc ܟܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ (plant) · fo kumman (plant) · grc κάρον (plant) · ms jintan (plant) · id jintan (seed/fruit) · fi kumina (plant) · de Kümmel (seed/fruit)