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five-spice powder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
five-spice pow-der
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ground mixture of five varieties of spice used in Chinese, East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. One common mixture contains star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds.

Uncountable

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 五香粉 (wǔxiāngfěn).

Usage

Inflected Forms

five-spice powders (plural)

Questions

What does five-spice powder mean?
A ground mixture of five varieties of spice used in Chinese, East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. One common mixture contains star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds.
Where does five-spice powder come from?
Calque from Chinese 五香粉 (wǔxiāngfěn).

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