ginger

Pronunciation

 * In the UK, the pronunciation /ˈɡɪŋə/ may be jokingly used in disparaging reference to (a person with) the hair colour; it is thus made to rhyme with minger.
 * In the UK, the pronunciation /ˈɡɪŋə/ may be jokingly used in disparaging reference to (a person with) the hair colour; it is thus made to rhyme with minger.
 * In the UK, the pronunciation /ˈɡɪŋə/ may be jokingly used in disparaging reference to (a person with) the hair colour; it is thus made to rhyme with minger.
 * In the UK, the pronunciation /ˈɡɪŋə/ may be jokingly used in disparaging reference to (a person with) the hair colour; it is thus made to rhyme with minger.
 * In the UK, the pronunciation /ˈɡɪŋə/ may be jokingly used in disparaging reference to (a person with) the hair colour; it is thus made to rhyme with minger.

Etymology 1
, alteration of, from , (influenced by 🇨🇬), from , , from , from Late , from , ultimately from , compare 🇨🇬 from  +.

Noun

 * 1) The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb,, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
 * 2) The plant that produces this rhizome.
 * 3) Other species belonging to the same family,, especially those of the genus
 * 4) A reddish-brown color.
 * 5)  A person with reddish-brown hair; a redhead.
 * 6)  Vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character).
 * 7)  Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if dry).
 * 8)  Any fizzy soft drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda.
 * 1)  Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if dry).
 * 2)  Any fizzy soft drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda.
 * 1)  Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if dry).
 * 2)  Any fizzy soft drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda.
 * 1)  Any fizzy soft drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda.

Translations

 * Acehnese:
 * Afrikaans: gemmer, gember
 * Aklanon: euy-a
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic: زَنْجَبِيل.
 * Egyptian Arabic: جنزبيل, زنجبيل
 * Hijazi Arabic: زنجبيل
 * Moroccan Arabic: سكينجبير, سكنجبير
 * Armenian:, , , սնգրվեղ,
 * Asi: yud-a
 * Assamese: আদা
 * Asturian: xenxibre
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: jengibre
 * Belarusian: імбі́р
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: gingebre
 * Cebuano: luy-a
 * Chakma: 𑄃𑄘
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Coptic: ⲥⲓⲛϭⲓⲡⲓⲗ, ⲍⲁⲙⲡⲟⲗⲓⲟⲛ
 * Cornish: jynjer, jynjyber
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ingefær
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ingver
 * Faroese: ingifer
 * Fijian: layalaya, cagolaya
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: zenzar
 * Galician: sinxebra,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ζιγγίβερις
 * Gujarati: અદરક
 * Hawaiian: ʻawapuhi Pākē
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: luy-a
 * Hiligaynon: luy-a
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: engifer
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: sinséar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Jarai: rơya
 * Javanese: jahe
 * Kannada:
 * Kapampangan: laya
 * Kazakh: жанжабіл, занзабіл, зімбір
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: zingiber
 * Latvian: ingvers
 * Lisu: ꓚꓬꓺ, ꓚꓬꓮꓥꓺ
 * Lithuanian: imbieras
 * Luxembourgish: Ingwer, Geimer
 * Macedonian: ѓу́мбир
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: ġinġer
 * Manchu: ᡶ᠋ᡠᡵᡤᡳᠰᡠ
 * Manx: jinshar
 * Marathi: आले
 * Middle English: gingivere
 * Mongolian: цагаан гаа
 * Norman: gengive
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ingefær
 * Nynorsk: ingefær
 * Occitan: gengibre
 * Odia: ଅଦା
 * Old East Slavic: имберъ, инберъ
 * Pashto: زنجبيل, زنجفيل, زنجپيل, سونډى, ,
 * Persian:, شنگویر
 * Plautdietsch: Enjwa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Rohingya: ada
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Saterland Frisian: Gänfer
 * Scottish Gaelic: dinnsear
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ђумбир, ђѝнђер
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: gènciru, zenzeru
 * Sinhalese: ඉඟුරු
 * Slovak:, ďumbier
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: jahé
 * Swahili: mtangawizi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tahitian: reʻa, reʻa tinitō
 * Tajik: занҷабил
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Tausug: luuya, langkuwas
 * Telugu:, ఓల్లము, ,
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: སྒ
 * Tigre: ዝንጅብል
 * Tok Pisin: gorgor, kawawar
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: zenjebil
 * Ukrainian: імби́р
 * Urdu: ادرک
 * Uyghur: زەنجىۋىل
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: xènxaro
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: zingib
 * Welsh: sinsir
 * Yiddish: אינגבער
 * Yoruba: atalẹ̀
 * Zhuang: hing


 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic: زَنْجَبِيل
 * Egyptian Arabic: جنزبيل
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: gingebre
 * Central Dusun: layo
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: jynjer, jynjyber
 * Crimean Tatar: zencefil
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ingefær
 * Dutch:
 * Dzongkha: ས་གཱ་
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: ingifer
 * Fijian: layalaya, cagolaya
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: sinxebra,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ζιγγίβερις
 * Gujarati: આદું
 * Hawaiian: ʻawapuhi Pākē
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: engifer
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: sinséar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: zingiber
 * Macedonian: ѓу́мбир
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Manchu: ᡶ᠋ᡠᡵᡤᡳᠰᡠ
 * Manx: jinshar
 * Maori: kōpī, tinitia
 * Middle English: gingivere, gyngebred
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ingefær
 * Nynorsk: ingefær
 * Odia: ଅଦା
 * Old Norse: gingibráð
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Enjwa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dinnsear
 * Sinhalese: ඉඟුරු
 * Slovak:, ďumbier
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: tangawizi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tahitian: reʻa, reʻa tinitō
 * Tamil:
 * Tausug: luya
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tigre: ዝንጅብል
 * Tocharian B: tvānkaro
 * Tok Pisin: gorgor, kawawar
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: zenjebil
 * Ukrainian: імби́р
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: zingib
 * Welsh: sinsir
 * Zhuang: hing


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Georgian: მოწითალო, წითური, ჟღალი
 * Greek:, πυρρόξανθο,
 * Japanese: 生姜色,
 * Macedonian: лисеста
 * Maori: pākā
 * Polish: (kolor) imbirowy ,
 * Slovene: rdečkasta barva
 * Tajik:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: melyngoch, ,


 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 薑黃色頭髮的人
 * Czech: zrzek, zrzka
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: punahiuksinen
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, ,
 * Georgian: წითური, ჟღალთმიანი
 * German: Rotkopf,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: ג׳ינג׳י, ג׳ינג׳ית
 * Italian: pel di carota, testarossa
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: urukehu
 * Navajo: tsiiłchíʼí
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: ryšavec
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: руди́й
 * Welsh: cochyn, cochen

Adjective

 * 1)  Of a reddish-brown color.
 * 2) Having hair or fur of this color.
 * a ginger tomcat
 * 1) Having hair or fur of this color.
 * a ginger tomcat
 * a ginger tomcat

Translations

 * Arabic: أَصْهَب
 * Belarusian: руды́
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ჟღალი,
 * German:,  ,  ,   , fuchsrot
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Japanese: 生姜色, ,
 * Macedonian: лисест
 * Manx: ruy
 * Polish:, , , ryża
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:, hrdzavá, ryšavý, ryšavá
 * Ukrainian: руди́й


 * Belarusian: імбі́рны
 * Czech: zázvorový
 * Georgian: იმბირის
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 生姜味
 * Macedonian: ѓумбиров
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: імби́рний

Verb

 * 1)  To add ginger to.
 * 2)  To enliven, to spice (up).
 * 3)  To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
 * 4)  To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.
 * 1)  To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
 * 2)  To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.
 * 1)  To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
 * 2)  To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.
 * 1)  To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.
 * 1)  To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.
 * 1)  To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.
 * 1)  To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.

Translations

 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: whakahohe
 * Welsh: sbarduno,, ,

Etymology 2
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Adjective

 * 1)  Very careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive.

Adverb

 * 1) In a very careful or cautious manner; also, delicately, sensitively.

Verb

 * 1) To move gingerly, in a very careful and cautious manner.

Etymology 3
Cockney rhyming slang:,.

Noun

 * 1)  A homosexual.

Adjective

 * 1)  Homosexual.