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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFennel
/ˈfɛn.əl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A Mediterranean herb of the parsley family with feathery leaves and yellow flowers, the seeds and bulb of which are used widely for flavoring.
"She added freshly chopped fennel to the fish dish to enhance its aromatic profile." - 2
The crisp, swollen bulb of a cultivated variety of fennel, eaten as a vegetable.
"The chef sliced the fennel thinly to create a crisp and refreshing autumn salad."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word fennel derives from Middle English fenel, Old English fenol, which were borrowed from Latin feniculum or foeniculum, a diminutive of faenum meaning 'hay'. Historically, the aromatic herb has been cultivated across the Mediterranean since antiquity, sharing a semantic and botanical kinship with other anise-flavored plants often referred to colloquially or descriptively as sweet cumin.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fennel" is said worldwide
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fenouil
Transliteration: /fə.nuj/
"Le fenouil se marie très bien avec le poisson."
Fenchel
Transliteration: /ˈfɛnçəl/
"Fenchel schmeckt leicht nach Anis."
finocchio
Transliteration: /fiˈnɔk.kjo/
"Il finocchio crudo è molto croccante."
hinojo
Transliteration: /iˈno.xo/
"El hinojo se usa a menudo en la cocina mediterránea."
funcho
Transliteration: /ˈfũ.ʃu/
"O chá de funcho é excelente para a digestão."
सौंफ
Transliteration: saunf
"खाना खाने के बाद सौंफ खाना अच्छा माना जाता है।"
茴香
Transliteration: huíxiāng
"这道菜里放了新鲜的茴香。"
회향
Transliteration: hoeh-yang
"회향은 독특한 향이 나는 향신료입니다."
ウイキョウ
Transliteration: uikyou
"ウイキョウの種はスパイスとして使われます。"
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