orégano

• orégão, ourégão, orígano

Learned borrowing from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon). Doublet of orégão

• Hyphenation: o‧ré‧ga‧no

orégano m (countable and uncountable, plural oréganos)

1. (countable) oregano (Origanum vulgare, a herb of the mint family)
2. (usually uncountable) oregano (leaves of the oregano plant used to flavour food)

From Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὅρῑ́γανον (hórī́ganon), possibly from ὄρος (óros, “mountain, hill”) + γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”).

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeɡano/ [oˈɾe.ɣ̞a.no]
• Rhymes: -eɡano
• Syllabification: o‧ré‧ga‧no

orégano m (plural oréganos)

1. oregano, pot marjoram (Origanum vulgare)

• → English: oregano
• → German: Oregano

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