herb

Etymology
From, , from (French ), from. Initial h was restored to the spelling in the 15th century on the basis on Latin, but it remained mute until the 19th century and still is for many speakers.

Pronunciation

 * North American pronunciation of the word varies; some speakers include the sound and others omit it, with the -less pronunciation being the more common. Individual speakers are usually consistent in their choice, but the choice does not appear to be correlated with any regional, socioeconomic, or educational distinctions.
 * Outside of North America, the -less pronunciation is restricted to speakers who have a general tendency to "drop the h" in all words.
 * The -less pronunciation is the older; the pronunciation with is a later.
 * North American pronunciation of the word varies; some speakers include the sound and others omit it, with the -less pronunciation being the more common. Individual speakers are usually consistent in their choice, but the choice does not appear to be correlated with any regional, socioeconomic, or educational distinctions.
 * Outside of North America, the -less pronunciation is restricted to speakers who have a general tendency to "drop the h" in all words.
 * The -less pronunciation is the older; the pronunciation with is a later.
 * Outside of North America, the -less pronunciation is restricted to speakers who have a general tendency to "drop the h" in all words.
 * The -less pronunciation is the older; the pronunciation with is a later.



Noun

 * 1)  Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
 * 2)  A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
 * 3)  Cannabis.
 * 4)  A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
 * 5)  Grass; herbage.
 * 6)   A lame or uncool person.
 * 1)  A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
 * 2)  Grass; herbage.
 * 3)   A lame or uncool person.
 * 1)   A lame or uncool person.
 * 1)   A lame or uncool person.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:seasoning

Related terms

 * arbour



Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: зелена подправка
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 香草
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Emilian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: maitsetaim
 * Faroese: urt
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:, მცენარე
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Chruut
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄρωμα
 * Haitian Creole: zèb
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: erba aromatica,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 향초(香草)
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: garšaugs
 * Ligurian: erba
 * Limburgish: keukekroed
 * Lingala: litíti
 * Lombard:
 * Low German: Kruut
 * Macedonian: билка
 * Maori: raukakara
 * Marathi: शाक, ओषधी, हरितक, वनस्पति, तृणादि
 * Middle English: herbe
 * Mongolian: навч шилбэ
 * Norman: hèrbe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: urt
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: wyrt
 * Persian: ,
 * Piedmontese: erba
 * Polabian: krüd
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: qiwa
 * Romagnol: erba
 * Romanian: verdețuri
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: yerb
 * Scottish Gaelic: luibh, lus
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish: hierba culinaria
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: damong-gamot
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:, cây thảo
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:, llysieuyn pêr, llysieuyn crochan


 * Arabic: عُشْبَة طِبِّيَّة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lægeurt
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:, მცენარე
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πόα
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: erba medicinale
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada: ಮೂಲಿಕೆ
 * Korean:
 * Malayalam:
 * Middle English: herbe, wort
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: urt
 * Odia: ଔଷଧ
 * Old English: wyrt, lǣċewyrt
 * Persian: گیاه دارویی,
 * Polish:, zioło lecznicze
 * Portuguese: erva medicinal
 * Russian:,   ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: luibh, lus
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, şifalı ot
 * Vietnamese: dược thảo
 * Volapük: sanakeb
 * Welsh: llysieuyn llesol, llysieuyn meddyginiaethol


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პლანი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тра́ва
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Etymology
From, (inflected , ), from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  slightly bitter or sharp to the taste, often in a pleasant way; tart (but not in the sense of “sour”)
 * 2)  harsh; hard

Etymology
, from, from , from , from , from , from the root. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  coat of arms
 * 2)  armigerous clan; cf. Polish heraldry

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  coat of arms

Alternative forms

 * herf

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  war