Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zingiber

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: zin-giber
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Zingiber of gingers.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci) Proto-Dravidian *wēr Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr) Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der. Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor. Latin zingiberīder. taxonomic name Zingiber English zingiber From taxonomic name Zingiber. Doublet of ginger.

Inflected Forms

zingibers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Zingiber

Questions

What does zingiber mean?: Any member of the genus Zingiber of gingers.
Where does zingiber come from?: Etymology tree Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci) Proto-Dravidian *wēr Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr) Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der. Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor. Latin zingiberīder. taxonomic name Zingiber English zingiber From taxonomic name Zingiber. Doublet of ginger.

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