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gin·ger    Audio Help   [jin-jer] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.
2.any of various related or similar plants.
3.Informal. piquancy; animation: plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance.
4.a yellowish or reddish brown.
–verb (used with object)
5.to treat or flavor with ginger.
6.Informal. to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually fol. by up): to ginger up a talk with a few jokes.
–adjective
7.flavored or made with ginger.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME ginger, gingivere < OF gingivre < L gingiber, for zingiberi < Gk zingíberis; r. OE gingiber < L, as above]
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a female given name, form of Virginia or Regina.
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n.  
  1. A plant (Zingiber officinale) of tropical southeast Asia having yellowish-green flowers and a pungent aromatic rhizome.
  2. The rhizome of this plant, often dried and powdered and used as a spice. Also called gingerroot.
    1. Any of several related plants having variously colored, often fragrant flowers.
    2. Wild ginger.
  3. A strong brown.
  4. Informal Spirit and liveliness; vigor.

tr.v.   gin·gered, gin·ger·ing, gin·gers
  1. To spice with ginger.
  2. Informal To make lively: A steel drum band gingered up the party.


[Middle English gingivere, from Old English gingifer and from Old French gingivre, both from Medieval Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberi, from Greek zingiberis, of Middle Indic origin (akin to Pali singiveram), from Dravidian : akin to Tamil iñci, ginger (of southeast Asian origin) + Tamil vēr, root.]

gin'ger·y adj.
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ginger 
O.E. gingifer, from M.L. gingiber, from L. zingiberi, from Gk. zingiberis, from Prakrit (Middle Indic) singabera, from Skt. srngaveram, from srngam "horn" + vera- "body," so called from the shape of its root. But this may be Skt. folk-etymology, and the word may be from an ancient Dravidian name that also produced the Malayalam name for the spice, inchi-ver, from inchi "root." Cf. gin (v.).

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ginger

adjective
1. (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"; "a ginger kitten" 

noun
1. perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems 
2. dried ground gingerroot 
3. pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery 
4. liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep" [syn: pep

verb
1. add ginger to in order to add flavor; "ginger the soup" 

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ginger [ˈdʒindʒə] noun
a hot-tasting root which is used as a spice
Arabic: زَنْجَبيل
Chinese (Simplified): 生姜
Chinese (Traditional): 生薑
Czech: zázvor
Danish: ingefær
Dutch: gember
Estonian: ingver
Finnish: inkivääri
French: gingembre
German: der Ingwer
Greek: πιπερόριζα
Hungarian: gyömbér
Icelandic: engifer
Indonesian: jahe
Italian: zenzero
Japanese: しょうが
Korean: 생강
Latvian: ingvers
Lithuanian: imbieras
Norwegian: ingefær
Polish: imbir
Portuguese (Brazil): gengibre
Portuguese (Portugal): gengibre
Romanian: ghimbir
Russian: имбирь
Slovak: zázvor
Slovenian: ingver
Spanish: jengibre
Swedish: ingefära
Turkish: zencefil
ginger1 [ˈdʒindʒə] adjective
flavoured with ginger
Arabic: بطَعْم الزَّنْجَبيل
Chinese (Simplified): 有姜味的
Chinese (Traditional): 有薑味的
Czech: zázvorový
Danish: ingefær-
Dutch: gember-
Estonian: ingveri-
Finnish: inkivääri-
French: au gingembre
German: mit Ingwer gewürzt
Greek: που έχει γεύση πιπερόριζας
Hungarian: gyömbér
Icelandic: með engiferbragði
Indonesian: rasa jahe
Italian: allo zenzero*
Japanese: しょうが味の
Korean: 생강맛이 나는
Latvian: ar ingvera
Lithuanian: su imbieru
Norwegian: med ingefær
Polish: imbirowy
Portuguese (Brazil): de gengibre
Portuguese (Portugal): de gengibre
Romanian: aro­ma­tizat cu ghimbir
Russian: имбирный
Slovak: zázvorový
Slovenian: ingverjev
Spanish: de jengibre
Swedish: kryddad med ingefära
Turkish: zencefilli
ginger2 [ˈdʒindʒə] adjective
reddish-brown in colour
Example: a ginger cat
Arabic: أصْهَب اللون
Chinese (Simplified): 姜黄色的
Chinese (Traditional): 薑黃色的
Czech: zrzavý
Danish: rødblond; rødlig
Dutch: roodbruin
Estonian: punakaskollane
Finnish: punaruskea
French: roux
German: rötlich-gelb
Greek: πυρόξανθος
Hungarian: vörösessárga
Icelandic: ljósrauður litur
Indonesian: coklat kemerahan
Italian: color zenzero*, rossiccio
Japanese: 赤黄色
Korean: 황갈색의
Latvian: rūsgans
Lithuanian: rausvai geltonas, rusvaplaukis
Norwegian: rødblond
Polish: rudy
Portuguese (Brazil): amarelo avermelhado
Portuguese (Portugal): ruivo
Romanian: brun-roşcat
Russian: рыжий
Slovak: ryšavý
Slovenian: rdečkast
Spanish: rojo, pelirrojo, bermejo
Swedish: rödgul, ljusröd, rödblond
Turkish: kızıl
See also: gingerbread, ginger ale, ginger beer

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Ginger
A simple functional language from the University of Warwick with parallel constructs.
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Ginger

Gin"ger\, n. [OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF. gengibre, gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi, fr. Gr. ?; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. zenjeb[=i]l, fr. Skr. ???gav["e]ra, prop., hornshaped; ???ga horn + v["e]ra body.]

1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.

Ginger beer or ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger.

Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy.

Ginger pop. See Ginger beer (above).

Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger.

Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger.
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