cumin

From Middle English comyn, from Old English cymen (which is cognate with Old High German kumin) and Old French cummin, both from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), a Semitic borrowing ultimately to be traced to Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/, “cumin”).^[1][2][3] Possibly related to caraway.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːmɪn/, /ˈkʌmɪn/, enPR: kyo͞oʹmĭn, kŭmʹĭn

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkumɪn/, /ˈkjumɪn/, /ˈkʌmɪn/, /ˈkʊmɪn/, enPR: ko͞oʹmĭn
• Rhymes: -ʌmɪn, -uːmɪn

cumin (usually uncountable, plural cumins)

1. The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.

   Cumin is native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India.

2. Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.

   Coordinate term: caraway

   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 269:

     Cumin was often an ingredient of such love potions since it produced the effect of retention in whoever ate it.

• ground

• Numic, mucin

From Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), itself of Semitic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ky.mɛ̃/

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cumin m (plural cumins)

1. the plant cumin
2. Its seed, a spice

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

• cumün (Vallader)

From Medieval Latin commūnia, neuter plural of Latin commūnis.

cumin m (plural cumins)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) village

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) vischnanca
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) vitg