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cilantro en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈlɑntɹoʊ/ (General-American)
• /sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Spanish cilantro, possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant (with a front vowel) of Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander and culantro.

Meanings

1. (US, uncountable, usually) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

Forms

Deriveds

cilantrolike · Vietnamese cilantro

Synonyms

coriander (herb) · Chinese parsley (herb)

Translations (55)

th ผักชี (leaves of the coriander plant) · de Korianderkraut (leaves of the coriander plant) · es culantro (leaves of the coriander plant) · es cilantro (leaves of the coriander plant) · my နံနံ (leaves of the coriander plant) · yue 芫茜 (leaves of the coriander plant) · fi korianteri (leaves of the coriander plant) · pt coentro (leaves of the coriander plant) · sv koriander (leaves of the coriander plant) · fr coriandre (leaves of the coriander plant) · ca coriandre (leaves of the coriander plant) · cs koriandr (leaves of the coriander plant) · gl coandro (leaves of the coriander plant) · cmn 胡荽 (leaves of the coriander plant) · cy llysiau'r bara (leaves of the coriander plant) · my နံနံရွက် (leaves of the coriander plant) · khb ᦕᧅᦌᦲ (leaves of the coriander plant) · sl koriánder (leaves of the coriander plant) · ja パクチー (leaves of the coriander plant) · sh korijandar (leaves of the coriander plant) · ka ქინძი (leaves of the coriander plant) · es coriandro (leaves of the coriander plant) · sh korijander (leaves of the coriander plant) · tr kişniş (leaves of the coriander plant) · cmn 香菜 (leaves of the coriander plant) · lo ຜັກຊີ (leaves of the coriander plant) · kn ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ ಎಲೆಗಳು (leaves of the coriander plant) · ang celendre (leaves of the coriander plant) · uk кінза́ (leaves of the coriander plant) · la coriandrum (leaves of the coriander plant) · nb koriander (leaves of the coriander plant) · kn ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ (leaves of the coriander plant) · nod ᨹ᩠ᨠᨪᩥ (leaves of the coriander plant) · eo koriandro (leaves of the coriander plant) · cmn 芫荽 (leaves of the coriander plant) · ar كُزْبَرَة (leaves of the coriander plant) · pdt Sielantro (leaves of the coriander plant) · fa گشنیز (leaves of the coriander plant) · ja 香菜 (leaves of the coriander plant) · de Koriander (leaves of the coriander plant) · es recaíto (leaves of the coriander plant) · pl kolendra (leaves of the coriander plant) · ja シャンツァイ (leaves of the coriander plant) · bo བསོད་ནམས་དཔལ་འཛོམས (leaves of the coriander plant) · nl koriander (leaves of the coriander plant) · kxd daun ketumbar (leaves of the coriander plant) · uk коля́ндра (leaves of the coriander plant) · cy coriander (leaves of the coriander plant) · ro coriandru (leaves of the coriander plant) · ms daun ketumbar (leaves of the coriander plant) · ru кинза́ (leaves of the coriander plant) · ko 고수 (leaves of the coriander plant) · it coriandolo (leaves of the coriander plant) · gl coriandro (leaves of the coriander plant) · scn cugghiànniru (leaves of the coriander plant)