cardamom

English

Cardamom seeds.

Alternative forms

• cardamon

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French cardamome or Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.də.məm/, /ˈkɑː.də.mən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.də.məm/, /ˈkɑɹ.dəˌmɑm/

Noun

cardamom (countable and uncountable, plural cardamoms)

1. The Elettaria cardamomum, an Indian herb.
3. The seed of Elettaria cardamomum, used as a medicine and spice, especially in curry powder.
4. (uncommon, inexact) Synonym of grains of paradise, the seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, of East Africa.

Synonyms

• (spice): elaichi, queen of spices

Derived terms

• black cardamom
• Cardamom Mountains
• green cardamom

Translations

E. cardamomum

• Arabic: هَال m (hāl), هَيْل m pl (hayl)

  Hijazi Arabic: هيل m pl (hēl)

• Armenian: հիլ (hy) (hil), անդրիտակ (andritak), մալախ (hy) (malax), շուշմիր (hy) (šušmir), կարդամոն (hy) (kardamon)
• Assamese: ইলাচি (ilasi)
• Bengali: এলাচি (bn) (elaci)
• Bulgarian: кардамо́н m (kardamón)
• Burmese: ဖာလာ (my) (hpala)
• Catalan: cardamom (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小豆蔻 (zh) (xiǎodòukòu), 豆蔻 (zh) (dòukòu)

• Danish: kardemomme c
• Dzongkha: ཨ་ལཱན་ཅི (a lān ci)
• Faroese: kardamummuplanta f
• Finnish: kardemummapensas, kardemumma (fi)
• French: cardamome (fr) f or m
• Galician: cardamomo (gl) m
• German: Kardamom (de) m
• Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n (kárdamo)

  Ancient: καρδάμωμον n (kardámōmon)

• Hebrew: קרדמון m (kardamon)
• Hindi: इलायची (hi) f (ilāycī)
• Indonesian: kapulaga (id)
• Irish: cardamam m
• Italian: cardamomo (it) m
• Japanese: カルダモン (karudamon)
• Khmer: ដើមក្រវាញ (daəmkrɑɑviəñ)
• Korean: 카다몸 (kadamom)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: kardamons m
• Malayalam: ഏലം (ml) (ēlaṁ), ഏലക്ക (ēlakka), ഏലക്കായ (ēlakkāya)
• Marathi: वेलदोडा m (veldoḍā), वेलची f (velcī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kardemommeplante m or f

  Nynorsk: kardemommeplante m or f

• Oromo: hoogihoo
• Persian: هل (fa) (hel)
• Polish: kardamon (pl) m
• Portuguese: cardamomo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਇਲਾਚੀ (pa) f (ilācī)
• Romanian: cardamom (ro) m
• Russian: кардамо́н (ru) m (kardamón)
• Slovak: kardamóm m
• Slovene: kardamom m
• Spanish: cardamomo m
• Swedish: kardemumma (sv) c
• Tagalog: kardamono
• Telugu: ఏలకుల మొక్క (ēlakula mokka)
• Thai: กระวานเทศ (th) (grà-waan-têet)
• Turkish: kakule (tr)
• Ukrainian: кардамо́н m (kardamón)
• Vietnamese: thảo quả, cây bạch đậu khấu
• Volapük: kardum
• Welsh: cardamom m
• Yiddish: קאַרדעמאָן m (kardemon), קאַרדאַמאָם m (kardamom), קאַרדימאָן m (kardimon)

its seed or seed capsule

• Afrikaans: kardemom, elaichi ((Cape Malay))
• Arabic: حَبْهَان m pl (ḥabhān), هَال m (hāl), هَيْل m pl (hayl)

  Egyptian Arabic: حَبَّهَان m (ḥabbahān)

  Hijazi Arabic: هيل m pl (hēl)

• Armenian: հիլ (hy) (hil)
• Assamese: ইলাচি (ilasi)
• Azerbaijani: hil (az)
• Bengali: এলাচ (bn) (elac), এলাচি (bn) (elaci)
• Bulgarian: кардамон m (kardamon)
• Burmese: ဖာလာစေ့ (hpalace.)
• Catalan: cardamom (ca) m
• Danish: kardemomme c
• Dhivehi: ކާފޫރު ތޮޅި (kāfūru toḷi)
• Dutch: kardemom (nl)
• Faroese: kardamumma f
• Finnish: kardemumma (fi)
• French: cardamome (fr) f or m
• Galician: cardamomo (gl) m
• Georgian: ილი (ili)
• German: Kardamom (de) m
• Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n (kárdamo)

  Ancient: καρδάμωμον n (kardámōmon)

• Gujarati: એલચી (gu) (elacī), ઇલાયચી (gu) (ilāyacī)
• Hebrew: הל (he) m (hel)
• Hindi: इलायची (hi) (ilāycī)
• Indonesian: kepulaga (id)
• Irish: cardamam m
• Italian: cardamomo (it) m
• Javanese: ꦏꦥꦸꦭꦒ (kapulaga)
• Kannada: ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ (kn) (ēlakki)
• Khmer: ក្រវាញ (km) (krɑviəñ)
• Konkani: वेलची (velcī)
• Kuvi: କେଟ (keṭo)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: buah pelaga
• Malayalam: ഏലക്കായ് (ēlakkāyŭ), ഏലം (ml) (ēlaṁ)
• Marathi: वेलची (velcī), वेलदोडा (veldoḍā)
• Mon: မအဳ (mnw)
• Newar: एला (elā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kardemomme m

  Nynorsk: kardemomme m

• Odia: ଅଳେଇଚ (aḷeica)
• Pali: elā f
• Persian: هل (fa) (hel), هیل (hil)
• Picard: agamémon
• Polish: kardamon (pl) m
• Portuguese: cardamomo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਇਲਾਚੀ (pa) (ilācī)
• Romanian: cardamom (ro) m
• Russian: кардамо́н (ru) m (kardamón)
• Sanskrit: एला (sa) (elā)
• Slovene: kardamom m
• Spanish: cardamomo m
• Sundanese: ᮊᮕᮥᮜᮌ (kapulaga), ᮊᮕᮧᮜ᮪ (kapol)
• Swahili: iliki
• Swedish: kardemumma (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠄꠟꠣꠁꠌ (elais)
• Tagalog: kardamono
• Tamil: ஏலக்காய் (ta) (ēlakkāy)
• Telugu: యెలకులు (yelakulu), ఎలకులు (elakulu), యేలక్కాయలు (yēlakkāyalu)
• Thai: ผลกระวานเทศ (phon krawan thet), ลูกกระวานเทศ (luk krawan thet), ลูกเอ็น (th) (luk en), ลูกเอ็ล (th) (luk en), เอลา (th) (ela)
• Tibetan: སུག་སྨེལ། (sug smel)
• Turkish: kakule (tr)
• Ukrainian: кардамо́н m (kardamón)
• Vietnamese: bạch đậu khấu
• Volapük: kardumafluk
• Welsh: cardamom m, grawn Paradwys m pl (archaic)
• Yiddish: קאַרדעמאָן m (kardemon), קאַרדאַמאָם m (kardamom), קאַרדימאָן m (kardimon)

grains of paradise — see grains of paradise

References

• “cardamom, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888.
• Weeks, Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck‘sDictionary of SelectedSynonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).

Noun

cardamom m (plural cardamoms)

1. cardamom

Further reading

• “cardamom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cardamome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar.daˈmom/

Noun

cardamom n (uncountable)

1. cardamom

Declension

declension of cardamom (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cardamom	cardamomul
genitive/dative	(unui) cardamom	cardamomului
vocative	cardamomule

Further reading

• cardamom in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)