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Translingual

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Noun

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ginseng

  1. ginseng; used as a specific epithet

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English

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(American) ginseng
ginseng roots

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 人參 / 人参 (jîn-sim, “ginseng”). Doublet of ninzin.

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Noun

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ginseng (countable and uncountable, plural ginsengs)

  1. Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties.
  2. The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.
    • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1964, pages 56–7:
      When the Afghan princes find it necessary to employ Chob-Chini, (the Jin-seng, or China root so celebrated as a purifier, tonic, and aphrodisiac) they choose the spring season.
    • 2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134:
      Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from English ginseng.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡinseŋ/, [ˈɡins̠e̞ŋ]
  • Rhymes: -inseŋ
  • Hyphenation(key): gin‧seng

Noun

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ginseng

  1. ginseng (plant)
    Synonym: ginsengjuuri

Declension

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Inflection of ginseng (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative ginseng ginsengit
genitive ginsengin ginsengien
partitive ginsengiä ginsengejä
illative ginsengiin ginsengeihin
singular plural
nominative ginseng ginsengit
accusative nom. ginseng ginsengit
gen. ginsengin
genitive ginsengin ginsengien
partitive ginsengiä ginsengejä
inessive ginsengissä ginsengeissä
elative ginsengistä ginsengeistä
illative ginsengiin ginsengeihin
adessive ginsengillä ginsengeillä
ablative ginsengiltä ginsengeiltä
allative ginsengille ginsengeille
essive ginsenginä ginsengeinä
translative ginsengiksi ginsengeiksi
abessive ginsengittä ginsengeittä
instructive — ginsengein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ginseng (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ginsengini ginsengini
accusative nom. ginsengini ginsengini
gen. ginsengini
genitive ginsengini ginsengieni
partitive ginsengiäni ginsengejäni
inessive ginsengissäni ginsengeissäni
elative ginsengistäni ginsengeistäni
illative ginsengiini ginsengeihini
adessive ginsengilläni ginsengeilläni
ablative ginsengiltäni ginsengeiltäni
allative ginsengilleni ginsengeilleni
essive ginsenginäni ginsengeinäni
translative ginsengikseni ginsengeikseni
abessive ginsengittäni ginsengeittäni
instructive — —
comitative — ginsengeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ginsengisi ginsengisi
accusative nom. ginsengisi ginsengisi
gen. ginsengisi
genitive ginsengisi ginsengiesi
partitive ginsengiäsi ginsengejäsi
inessive ginsengissäsi ginsengeissäsi
elative ginsengistäsi ginsengeistäsi
illative ginsengiisi ginsengeihisi
adessive ginsengilläsi ginsengeilläsi
ablative ginsengiltäsi ginsengeiltäsi
allative ginsengillesi ginsengeillesi
essive ginsenginäsi ginsengeinäsi
translative ginsengiksesi ginsengeiksesi
abessive ginsengittäsi ginsengeittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — ginsengeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ginsengimme ginsengimme
accusative nom. ginsengimme ginsengimme
gen. ginsengimme
genitive ginsengimme ginsengiemme
partitive ginsengiämme ginsengejämme
inessive ginsengissämme ginsengeissämme
elative ginsengistämme ginsengeistämme
illative ginsengiimme ginsengeihimme
adessive ginsengillämme ginsengeillämme
ablative ginsengiltämme ginsengeiltämme
allative ginsengillemme ginsengeillemme
essive ginsenginämme ginsengeinämme
translative ginsengiksemme ginsengeiksemme
abessive ginsengittämme ginsengeittämme
instructive — —
comitative — ginsengeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ginsenginne ginsenginne
accusative nom. ginsenginne ginsenginne
gen. ginsenginne
genitive ginsenginne ginsengienne
partitive ginsengiänne ginsengejänne
inessive ginsengissänne ginsengeissänne
elative ginsengistänne ginsengeistänne
illative ginsengiinne ginsengeihinne
adessive ginsengillänne ginsengeillänne
ablative ginsengiltänne ginsengeiltänne
allative ginsengillenne ginsengeillenne
essive ginsenginänne ginsengeinänne
translative ginsengiksenne ginsengeiksenne
abessive ginsengittänne ginsengeittänne
instructive — —
comitative — ginsengeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative ginsenginsä ginsenginsä
accusative nom. ginsenginsä ginsenginsä
gen. ginsenginsä
genitive ginsenginsä ginsengiensä
partitive ginsengiään
ginsengiänsä 		ginsengejään
ginsengejänsä
inessive ginsengissään
ginsengissänsä 		ginsengeissään
ginsengeissänsä
elative ginsengistään
ginsengistänsä 		ginsengeistään
ginsengeistänsä
illative ginsengiinsä ginsengeihinsä
adessive ginsengillään
ginsengillänsä 		ginsengeillään
ginsengeillänsä
ablative ginsengiltään
ginsengiltänsä 		ginsengeiltään
ginsengeiltänsä
allative ginsengilleen
ginsengillensä 		ginsengeilleen
ginsengeillensä
essive ginsenginään
ginsenginänsä 		ginsengeinään
ginsengeinänsä
translative ginsengikseen
ginsengiksensä 		ginsengeikseen
ginsengeiksensä
abessive ginsengittään
ginsengittänsä 		ginsengeittään
ginsengeittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — ginsengeineen
ginsengeinensä

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compounds

French

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Etymology

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From Hokkien 人參 / 人参.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒin.sɛŋ/; /ʒin.sɑ̃ɡ/; /ʒɛ̃.sɑ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

  1. ginseng (plant)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Hokkien 人參 / 人参 (jîn-sim, “ginseng”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡin.seŋ/, [ˈɡin.sɛŋ]

Noun

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ginséng

  1. ginseng (Panax ginseng)
    Synonyms: koliseng, kolesom

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Portuguese

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Noun

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ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

  1. ginseng (any of several plants of the genus Panax)
  2. ginseng (root or extract of the ginseng plant)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French ginseng.

Noun

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ginseng m (uncountable)

  1. ginseng

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ginseng ginsengul
genitive-dative ginseng ginsengului
vocative ginsengule

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝinsen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn.sẽn]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃinsen/ [ˈʃĩn.sẽn]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒinsen/ [ˈʒĩn.sẽn]

  • Rhymes: -insen
  • Syllabification: gin‧seng

Noun

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ginseng m (plural ginsengs)

  1. ginseng

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