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marjoram en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɑːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəm/ (UK)
• /ˈmɑɹd͡ʒəɹəm/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiōrana.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
   • Among the ancients, especially the Romans, marjoram was known to have an aphrodisiac value. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 173:
   • The Lillie I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marierom had ſtolne thy haire 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 99”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) The leaves of this plant, especially dried, used in flavouring food.

Forms

Deriveds

sweet marjoram · wild marjoram

Synonyms

amaracus

Translations (107)

es almoradux (almoradush) (plant) · es sarilla (culinary herb) · it maggiorana (plant) · ca marduix (culinary herb) · nrf marjolaine (culinary herb) · ko 마저럼 (culinary herb) · kn ಮರುಗ (plant) · ar مَرْزَنْجُوش (culinary herb) · es mejorana (plant) · hrx Maairon (culinary herb) · la amāracus (plant) · ar بَرْدَقُوش (plant) · es almoraduj (plant) · es mejorana (culinary herb) · tr şile (culinary herb) · sh majorána (plant) · ota ككلیك اوتی (plant) · eo majorano (plant) · sh majòrān (culinary herb) · ang wurmille (plant) · yi מאַיאָראַן (plant) · fi maustemeirami (plant) · sl majaron (plant) · fr marjolaine (culinary herb) · axm մարզնկօշ (plant) · sh majorána (culinary herb) · mk ма́јоран (plant) · cmn 墨角蘭 /墨角兰 (plant) · io majorano (plant) · cmn 墨角蘭 /墨角兰 (culinary herb) · la majorana (culinary herb) · ru майора́н (culinary herb) · pl majeranek (plant) · ang cyninges wyrt (plant) · grc ἀμάρακον (plant) · ru майора́н (plant) · es sampsuco (plant) · cy penrhudd yr ardd (plant) · tr yayla kekiği (culinary herb) · la majorana (plant) · ar مَرْدَقُوش (culinary herb) · sh mažurána (plant) · sh mažurána (culinary herb) · sh màžurān (culinary herb) · ar مَرْزَنْجُوش (plant) · cs majoránka (culinary herb) · es almoradux (almoradush) (culinary herb) · ar مَرْدَقُوش (plant) · pt manjerona (culinary herb) · es mayorana (plant) · grc ἀμάρακος (culinary herb) · nl marjolein (culinary herb) · tr şile (plant) · ro maghiran (culinary herb) · tl mehorana (plant) · cs majoránka (plant) · it maggiorana (culinary herb) · bg риган (culinary herb) · es amáraco (culinary herb) · la amāracus (culinary herb) · ca marduix (plant) · grc σάμψουχον (plant) · fi meirami (culinary herb) · ro maghiran (plant) · tr yayla kekiği (plant) · mk ма́јоран (culinary herb) · sv mejram (culinary herb) · ga oragán cumhra (plant) · yi מאַיאָראַן (culinary herb) · tr mercanköşk (plant) · el ματζουράνα (culinary herb) · ja マヨラナ (plant) · sh majòrān (plant) · fr marjolaine (plant) · es amáraco (plant) · tr mercanköşk (culinary herb) · ga oragán cumhra (culinary herb) · pa ਮਰੂਆ (plant) · es sarilla (plant) · es sampsuco (culinary herb) · la maiorana (plant) · pt manjerona (plant) · hi मरुआ (plant) · acw بَرْدَقوش (culinary herb) · el ματζουράνα (plant) · da merian (culinary herb) · hu majoránna (plant) · de Majoran (plant) · bg риган (plant) · eo majorano (culinary herb) · es mayorana (culinary herb) · sh màžurān (plant) · cy penrhudd yr ardd (culinary herb) · tl mehorana (culinary herb) · nrf marjolaine (plant) · grc σάμψουχον (culinary herb) · ar بَرْدَقُوش (culinary herb) · es almoraduj (culinary herb) · pl majeranek (culinary herb) · la maiorana (culinary herb) · sl majaron (culinary herb) · de Majoran (culinary herb) · hrx Maairon (plant) · xcl մարզգոշ (plant) · hu majoránna (culinary herb) · nl echte marjolein (plant) · ko 마저럼 (plant)