rosemary

See also: Rosemary

English

Rosemary

Etymology

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/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

rosemary (usually uncountable, plural rosemaries)

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)
Venetan: rosmarin m, sgolmarin m
Vietnamese: hương thảo
Walloon: rômarin (wa) m
Welsh: rhos Mair m
Yiddish: ראָזמאַרין m (rozmarin)