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Tekoälykääntäjä

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈdʒɪndʒə/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/
KieliKäännökset
bulgariaджинджифил (džidžifíl / dzhindzhifíl)
espanjajengibre
esperantozingibro
hollantiros, rosse, gember, roskop, roodharige, vuurtoren
italiazenzero
japani生姜 (shōga), 赤毛 (akage), 生薑
kreikkaπιπερόριζα (piperóriza), τζίντζερ (tzíntzer), πυρρόν (pyrrón / pirón), πυρρόξανθο (pyrróxantho / piróksantho), ξανθοκόκκινο (xanthokókkino / ksanthokócino), πυρρόξανθος (pyrróxanthos), ξανθοκόκκινος (xanthokókkinos)
latinazingiber, zingiberī, surrūfus
latviaingvers
norjaingefær
portugaligengibre, ruivo
puolarudy, ruda, ryży, ryża, imbir, imbirowy, rudzielec
ranskaroux, gingembre, rousse, rouquin
ruotsiingefära, rödgul, rödtott
saksaIngwer
suomipunapää, inkiväärillä maustettu, inkiväärin juuri, inkivääri, punatukkainen, punaruskea, punaruskea väri, homoseksuaali
tanskaingefær
turkkizencefil, kızıl
tšekkizrzavý, zázvor, zázvorový
unkarigyömbér
venäjäрыжий (ryži), имбирь (imbir)

Määritelmät

Adjektiivi

  1. (UK, Cockney rhyming slang) Homosexual.
  2. (chiefly British, regional, Canada, US) Very careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive.
  3. (of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown color.
  4. Having hair or fur of this color.

Substantiivi

  1. (UK, Cockney rhyming slang) A homosexual.
  2. The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
  3. The plant that produces this rhizome.
  4. Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber
  5. A reddish-brown color.
  6. (colloquial, often derogatory, countable) A person with reddish hair; a redhead.
  7. (colloquial, uncountable) Vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character).
  8. (colloquial, countable and uncountable ) Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if dry).
  9. (colloquial, Scotland, especially Glasgow, countable and uncountable ) Any fizzy soft drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda.

Verbi

  1. To move gingerly, in a very careful and cautious manner.
  2. (transitive) To add ginger to.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To enliven, to spice (up).
  4. (transitive) To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
  5. (Nigeria, transitive) To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to.

Adverbi

  1. In a very careful or cautious manner; also, delicately, sensitively.

Esimerkit

  • The accident was an excuse merely to replace an old-fashioned regular with old-fashioned notions by an active, fire-eating young general who would ginger things up.
  • Spring training began on Christmas Day, when my cousin and I gingered onto the lot behind the fire station to try out our new spikes.
  • She gingered her way into the river and timidly splashed into its waters.
  • I gingered my hands into my grandfather’s [boxing] gloves.
  • Takin’ good care not to topple into the depths o’ this muddy ol’ ooze, I gingered my way across the muddy path along the river’s edge until I arrived at that big hat.
  • Ginger is any plant of a genus 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. Ginger is too the rhizome of this plant used as a spice either as it is or in dried powdered form.
  • A ginger is a person with reddish-brown hair.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektigingeredImperfektigingered
Partisiipin preesensgingeringMonikkogingers
Komparatiivimore gingerSuperlatiivimost ginger
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensgingers

Luokat


The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.

1896 color plate from Köhler's Medicinal Plants

The plant that produces this rhizome.

Inflorescence

Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber

Ginger flower