jengibre

Basque

jengibre

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jengibre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /kenkibre/ [keŋ.ki.β̞re]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xenxibre/ [xeŋ.xi.β̞re]
• Rhymes: -ibre, -e
• Hyphenation: jen‧gi‧bre

Noun

jengibre inan

1. ginger

Declension

Declension of jengibre (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	jengibre	jengibrea	jengibreak
ergative	jengibrek	jengibreak	jengibreek
dative	jengibreri	jengibreari	jengibreei
genitive	jengibreren	jengibrearen	jengibreen
comitative	jengibrerekin	jengibrearekin	jengibreekin
causative	jengibrerengatik	jengibrearengatik	jengibreengatik
benefactive	jengibrerentzat	jengibrearentzat	jengibreentzat
instrumental	jengibrez	jengibreaz	jengibreez
inessive	jengibretan	jengibrean	jengibreetan
locative	jengibretako	jengibreko	jengibreetako
allative	jengibretara	jengibrera	jengibreetara
terminative	jengibretaraino	jengibreraino	jengibreetaraino
directive	jengibretarantz	jengibrerantz	jengibreetarantz
destinative	jengibretarako	jengibrerako	jengibreetarako
ablative	jengibretatik	jengibretik	jengibreetatik
partitive	jengibrerik	—	—
prolative	jengibretzat	—	—

Further reading

• “jengibre”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “jengibre”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish gengibre, from Old Occitan gengibre, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xenˈxibɾe/ [xẽŋˈxi.β̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -ibɾe
• Syllabification: jen‧gi‧bre

Noun

jengibre m (plural jengibres)

1. ginger

   Synonym: (Peru) kion

Derived terms

• galleta de jengibre (“gingerbread cookies”)
• hombre de jengibre
• jengibre amargo
• pan de jengibre

Descendants

• → Basque: jengibre

Further reading

• “jengibre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10