"cilantro" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /θiˈlantɾo/, [θiˈlãn̪.t̪ɾo], /siˈlantɾo/, [siˈlãn̪.t̪ɾo] Forms: cilantros [plural], coriandro [alternative, rare], culantro [alternative, obsolete, rare, regional]
Rhymes: -antɾo Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant of Latin coriandrum—where also its doublet culantro, today obsolete, comes from—with a front vowel, like *ciliandrum or *ceriandrum. (Compare French coriandre, Italian coriandolo, Portuguese coentro) from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), alternative form of κορίαννον (koríannon, “coriander”).) Etymology templates: {{unc|es}} Uncertain, {{inh|es|la|coriandrum}} Latin coriandrum, {{cog|fr|coriandre}} French coriandre, {{cog|it|coriandolo}} Italian coriandolo, {{cog|pt|coentro}} Portuguese coentro, {{der|es|grc|κορίανδρον}} Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} cilantro m (plural cilantros)
  1. coriander, cilantro Tags: masculine Related terms: culantrillo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "bzj",
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      "word": "silanchro"
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  "etymology_text": "Uncertain; possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant of Latin coriandrum—where also its doublet culantro, today obsolete, comes from—with a front vowel, like *ciliandrum or *ceriandrum. (Compare French coriandre, Italian coriandolo, Portuguese coentro) from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), alternative form of κορίαννον (koríannon, “coriander”).)",
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      "ipa": "/θiˈlantɾo/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[θiˈlãn̪.t̪ɾo]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/siˈlantɾo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[siˈlãn̪.t̪ɾo]"
    },
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "coentro"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese coentro",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/θiˈlantɾo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[θiˈlãn̪.t̪ɾo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈlantɾo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[siˈlãn̪.t̪ɾo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-antɾo"
    }
  ],
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}

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