rosemary

See also: Rosemary

English

Rosemary

Etymology

rose +‎ Mary. From Middle English rosmary, rosemarye, alteration (based on rose + Mary) of earlier Middle English rosmarine, rosemaryn, partly from Old French rosmarin, partly directly from Latin rōsmarīnus (“rosemary”), from rōs (“dew, moisture”) +‎ marīnus (“marine, of the sea”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊzməɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊzˌmɛəɹi/

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Noun

rosemary (usually uncountable, plural rosemaries)

1. A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

Synonyms

• rosmarine (obsolete)

Derived terms

• bog rosemary (genus Andromeda)
• marsh rosemary (genus Limonium or species Rhododendron tomentosum)
• rosemaried
• Rosemary (given name from flower name)
• rosemarylike
• rosemary pine
• rosmarinic acid
• sea rosemary

 

Translations

shrub

• Arabic: إِكْلِيل الْغَار m (ʔiklīl al-ḡār), إِكْلِيل الْجَبَل m (ʔiklīl al-jabal), ضِرْم ضَيِّق الْأَوْرَاق m (ḍirm ḍayyiq al-ʔawrāq)

  Algerian Arabic: ازير m (azir)

  Egyptian Arabic: حصالبان f (ḥaṣalbān)

  Hijazi Arabic: روزماري m (rōzmāri), إكليل الجبل m (ʔiklīl al-jabal)

  Moroccan Arabic: يزير m (yəzir)

• Armenian: հազրեվարդ (hy) (hazrevard)
• Asturian: romeru m
• Basque: erromero (eu)
• Bulgarian: розмари́н (bg) m (rozmarín)
• Catalan: romaní (ca) m, (dialectal) romer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 迷迭香 (mai⁴ dit⁶ hoeng¹)

  Mandarin: 迷迭香 (zh) (mídiéxiāng)

• Czech: rozmarýn m, rozmarýna lékařská (cs) f
• Dacian: dracontos
• Dalmatian: lusmarin m
• Danish: rosmarin (da) c
• Dutch: rozemarijn (nl) m
• Esperanto: rosmareno
• Estonian: harilik rosmariin (plant); rosmariin (seasoning)
• Finnish: rosmariini (fi)
• French: romarin (fr) m
• Friulian: osmarìn m
• Galician: romeu (gl) m
• German: Rosmarin (de) m
• Greek: δενδρολίβανο (el) n (dendrolívano)

  Ancient: δενδρολίβανον n (dendrolíbanon), ψωρανθεμίς f (psōranthemís)

• Hebrew: רוזמרין (he) m (rozmarin)
• Hindi: गुलमेंहदी (hi) f (gulamẽhadī)
• Hungarian: rozmaring (hu)
• Hunsrik: Rosmarein m
• Icelandic: rósmarín (is)
• Indonesian: rosemary
• Irish: marós m
• Italian: rosmarino (it) m, ramerino (it) m
• Japanese: ローズマリー (rōzumarī), 迷迭香 (まんねんろう, mannenrō)
• Kabuverdianu: alekrin
• Korean: 로즈메리 (rojeumeri)
• Latin: rōsmarīnus m
• Latvian: rozmarīns
• Lombard: rósmarin m, üsmarin m
• Luxembourgish: Rousemaräin m
• Macedonian: рузмарин (ruzmarin)
• Norman: romathîn
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rosmarin (no) m

  Nynorsk: rosmarin m

• Occitan: romanin (oc) m
• Persian: رزماری (fa) (rozmâri), اکلیل کوهی (eklil-e kuhi)
• Polish: rozmaryn (pl) m, rozmaryn lekarski m
• Portuguese: alecrim (pt) m
• Romanian: rozmarin (ro) m
• Russian: розмари́н (ru) m (rozmarín)
• Sardinian: romasinu m, zippiri
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рузмарин m, ружмарин m

  Roman: ruzmarin (sh) m, ružmarin (sh) m

• Sicilian: rosamarina (scn) f, rosmarina (scn) f
• Slovak: rozmarín m
• Slovene: rožmarin (sl) m
• Spanish: romero (es) m
• Swedish: rosmarin (sv) c
• Tagalog: romero
• Tashelhit: ⴰⵣⵉⵔ m (azir)
• Thai: โรสแมรี่ (rôht maerêe)
• Turkish: biberiye (tr)
• Venetian: rosmarin m, sgolmarin m
• Vietnamese: hương thảo
• Walloon: rômarin (wa) m
• Welsh: rhos Mair m
• Yiddish: ראָזמאַרין m (rozmarin)

Further reading

• rosemary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rosmarinus officinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rosmarinus officinalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “rosemary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.