orégano

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

• Hyphenation: o‧ré‧ga‧no

orégano m (plural oréganos)

1. oregano (Origanum vulgare, a herb of the mint family)
2. oregano (leaves of the oregano plant used to flavour food)

• orégão
• ourégão

 

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From Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὅρῑ́γανον (hórī́ganon), possibly from ὄρος (óros, “mountain, hill”) + γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”).

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeɡano/ [oˈɾe.ɣ̞a.no]
• Rhymes: -eɡano
• Syllabification: o‧ré‧ga‧no

orégano m (plural oréganos)

1. oregano, pot marjoram (Origanum vulgare)

• → English: oregano
• → German: Oregano

• “orégano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28