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cinnamon

/ˈsɪnəmən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
cin-na-mon
IPA
/ˈsɪnəmən/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.

Countable

noun

Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as a trade name for spices made of any of the species above.

Uncountable

noun

A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as a trade name for spices made of any of the species above.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A warm yellowish-brown color, the color of cinnamon.

Countable

adj

Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.

adj

Of a yellowish-brown color.

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), later κίνναμον (kínnamon), according to Herodotus from Phoenician [Term?], cognate with Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן (qinnāmōn).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɪnəmən/
  • British English: /ˈsɪnəmən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

cinnamons (plural)

Derived Forms

cinnamaldehyde cinnamic cinnamoned cinnamonic cinnamonlike cinnamonrita cinnamontini cinnamony xylocinnamon)

Phrases

Ceylon cinnamon Chinese cinnamon cinnamic acid cinnamon attila cinnamon bark cinnamon bear cinnamon bread cinnamon-breasted tit

Frequently Paired Words

canella cassia essonite hessonite five-spice powder red-hot

Synonyms

ceylon cinnamon ceylon cinnamon tree cinnamomum zeylanicum cinnamon bark

Rhymes With

kinnaman kinnamon

Questions

How do you pronounce cinnamon?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪnəmən/.
What does cinnamon mean?
A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
Where does cinnamon come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce cinnamon

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