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1 English

1.1 Noun

1.1.1 Translations

1.2 Adjective
1.3 Translations
1.4 See also

English

Noun

ginger

  1. Any plant of a genus (Zingiber, especially Zingiber officinale) of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian herbs of a family (Zingiberaceae, the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative.
  2. The rhizome of this plant used as a spice either as it is or in dried powdered form.
  3. A reddish-brown colour/color.
  4. (colloquial; derogatory) A person with reddish-brown hair.

Translations

plant

  • French: gingembre m
  • Italian: zenzero m
  • Japanese: 生姜 (しょうが, shouga)
  • Slovene: ingver m


spice

  • French: gingembre m
  • Italian: zenzero m
  • Japanese: 生姜 (しょうが, shouga)
  • Slovene: ingver m


colour/color

  • Slovene: rdečkasta (barva) f


person with reddish-brown hair


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Adjective

ginger (comparative more ginger, superlative most ginger)

  1. (used to describe hair) Of a reddish-brown colour.
  2. (Cockney rhyming slang; derogatory) Queer (ie, homosexual) (short for ginger beer, rhyming with queer).

Translations

reddish-brown

  • Slovak: hrdzavý m, hrdzavá f, ryšavý m, ryšavá f


queer (homosexual) See queer'

See also

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