fennel

See also: Fennel, and fennél

English

The plant Foeniculum vulgare (1).

Fennel bulbs (2).

Fennel seed (3).

Etymology

From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Proto-West Germanic *fenukl, from the Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, fēnoclum, from Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo. Doublet of finocchio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnəl

Noun

fennel (usually uncountable, plural fennels)

2. A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
3. (cooking) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
4. (cooking) The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.

Synonyms

• sweet anise

Derived terms

• bronze fennel
• dog fennel
• fennel-flower
• Florence fennel
• giant fennel
• hog fennel
• hog’s fennel
• meridian fennel
• sea fennel
• sweet fennel
• water fennel

 

Translations

Foeniculum vulgare, the plant

• Akkadian: 𒌑𒄩 m (šimru, simru)
• Albanian: netër (sq) m, maraj (sq) m, mërajë m, maraq (sq) m
• Arabic: شَمَر m (šamar)

  Egyptian Arabic: شمر m pl (šamar)

  Moroccan Arabic: بسباس (basbās)

• Aragonese: finollo m, fenollo
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܲܡܵܪܵܐ m (šammārā), ܫܘܼܡܵܪܵܐ m (šummārā)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: סִימְרָא m (simrā)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: שומרא m (šummārā)

• Armenian: ռազիան (hy) (ṙazian), հոռոմ սամիթ (hoṙom samitʻ), շումրա (šumra)
• Basque: mihilu
• Bulgarian: див копър m (div kopǎr), сминд m (smind)
• Burmese: စမုန်စပါး (my) (ca.munca.pa:)
• Catalan: fonoll (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茴香 (zh) (huíxiāng)

• Czech: fenykl m
• Danish: fennikel c
• Dutch: venkel (nl) m
• Esperanto: fenkolo
• Estonian: harilik apteegitill
• Finnish: fenkoli (fi), saksankumina (fi)
• French: fenouil (fr) m
• Friulian: fenoli m
• Galician: fiúncho (gl) m, fruncho m, fionllo m, xiollo m
• Georgian: ცერეცო (cereco)
• German: Fenchel (de) m
• Greek: μάραθο (el) n (máratho)

  Ancient: μάραθον n (márathon)

• Gujarati: વરિયાળી (variyāḷī)
• Hebrew: שֻׁמָּר (he) (šummā́r), גּוּפְנָן (gup̄nān)
• Hiligaynon: inóho
• Hungarian: édeskömény (hu)
• Icelandic: fennikka f
• Indonesian: adas (id)
• Irish: finéal m
• Istriot: fanucio m
• Italian: finocchio (it) m
• Japanese: 茴香 (ja) (uikyō)
• Kannada: ಸೊಂಪು (kn) (sompu)
• Korean: 회향 (ko) (hoehyang)
• Ladino: finojo
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: marathrum n, (Late) fēnuculum n
• Macedonian: морач m (morač), коморач m (komorač)
• Malay: adas landi, adas pedas
• Malayalam: പെരുംജീരകം (peruñjīrakaṁ)
• Maltese: bużbież m
• Maori: taru haunga
• Middle English: fenel, fenkel
• Norman: fanon f
• Occitan: fenolh (oc) m
• Old English: finul m
• Persian: رازیانه (fa) (râziyâne)
• Piedmontese: fnoj m
• Polish: fenkuł (pl) m, fenkuł włoski (pl) m, koper włoski (pl) m
• Portuguese: funcho (pt) m, erva-doce (pt) f
• Romanian: fenicul (ro)
• Russian: фе́нхель (ru) m (fénxelʹ)
• Sardinian: fenugu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коморач m, коромач m

  Roman: komorač (sh) m, koromač (sh) m

• Sinhalese: මාදුරු (māduru), මහදුරු (mahaduru)
• Slovak: fenikel (sk) m
• Slovene: koromač (sl) m, komarček m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kopśica f, kopš m

• Spanish: hinojo (es) m
• Swahili: mshamari
• Swedish: fänkål (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ผักชีล้อม
• Turkish: rezene (tr)
• Ukrainian: фе́нхель m (fénxelʹ)
• Welsh: ffenigl m, ffunell f
• Yiddish: פֿענכל m (fenkhl)

bulb, leaves, or stalks eaten as a vegetable

• Arabic: شَمَر m (šamar)

  Egyptian Arabic: شمر m pl (shamar)

  Moroccan Arabic: بسباس (basbās)

• Aragonese: finollo m
• Bulgarian: див копър m (div kopǎr), сминд m (smind)
• Danish: fennikel c
• Estonian: fenkol
• Finnish: fenkoli (fi)
• Georgian: ცერეცო (cereco)
• Greek: μάραθο (el) n (máratho) (leaves), φοινόκιο n (foinókio) (bulb)

  Ancient: μάραθον n (márathon)

• Gujarati: વરિયાળી (variyāḷī)
• Italian: finocchio (it) m
• Japanese: フィノッキオ (finokkio)
• Kannada: ಸೊಂಪು (kn) (sompu)
• Maltese: bużbież m
• Persian: رازیانه (fa) (râziyâne)
• Polish: koper włoski (pl) m
• Portuguese: funcho (pt) m
• Russian: фе́нхель (ru) m (fénxelʹ)
• Sinhalese: මාදුරු (māduru), මහදුරු (mahaduru)
• Slovene: koromač (sl) m
• Swedish: fänkål (sv) c
• Ukrainian: фе́нхель m (fénxelʹ)
• Yiddish: פֿענכל m (fenkhl)

spice used in cooking

• Afrikaans: vinkel
• Akkadian: 𒌑𒄩 m (šimru, simru)
• Arabic: شَمَر m (šamar)

  Egyptian Arabic: شمر m pl (šamar)

• Aragonese: finollo m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܲܡܵܪܵܐ m (šammārā), ܫܘܼܡܵܪܵܐ m (šummārā)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: סִימְרָא m (simrā)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: שומרא m (šummārā)

• Czech: fenykl m
• Danish: fennikel c
• Dutch: venkel (nl) m
• Estonian: fenkol
• Finnish: fenkoli (fi)
• Galician: fiúncho (gl) m
• Georgian: ცერეცო (cereco)
• German: Fenchel (de) m
• Greek: μάραθο (el) n (máratho)
• Gujarati: વરિયાળી (variyāḷī)
• Hindi: सौंफ (sa͠uph)
• Hungarian: édeskömény (hu)
• Italian: finocchio (it) m
• Japanese: フェンネル (fenneru)
• Kannada: ಸೊಂಪು (kn) (sompu)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: морач m (morač), коморач m (komorač)
• Malayalam: പെരുംജീരകം (peruñjīrakaṁ)
• Persian: رازیانه (fa) (râziyâne)
• Polish: koper włoski (pl) m
• Portuguese: funcho (pt) m
• Russian: фе́нхель (ru) m (fénxelʹ)
• Slovene: koromač (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kopśica f, kopš m

• Spanish: hinojo (es) m
• Swahili: shamari
• Swedish: fänkål (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: rezene (tr)
• Yiddish: פֿענכל m (fenkhl)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} maraj (sq) m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} fenkolo
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} bużbież m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} molură (ro) f

Further reading

• fennel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia