ginger

noun

/ˈdʒɪndʒə(r)/

/ˈdʒɪndʒər/

[uncountable]

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the root of the ginger plant used in cooking as a spice
- a teaspoon of ground ginger
- (British English) ginger biscuits
Topics Foodc1
a light orange-brown colourTopics Colours and Shapesc1

Word Originlate Old English gingifer, conflated in Middle English with Old French gingimbre, from medieval Latin gingiber, from Greek zingiberis, from Pali (an ancient Indian language) siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin.

ginger

adjective

/ˈdʒɪndʒə(r)/

/ˈdʒɪndʒər/

(British English)

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light orange-brown in colour
- ginger hair
- a ginger cat
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- auburn
- blonde
- dark
- fair
- ginger
- grey
- jet black
- mousy
- redhead
- sandy
Topics Appearanceb2, Colours and Shapesb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Ginger is used with these nouns:
beard
hair
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Word Originlate Old English gingifer, conflated in Middle English with Old French gingimbre, from medieval Latin gingiber, from Greek zingiberis, from Pali (an ancient Indian language) siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin.

ginger

verb

/ˈdʒɪndʒə(r)/

/ˈdʒɪndʒər/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ginger	/ˈdʒɪndʒə(r)/ /ˈdʒɪndʒər/
he / she / it gingers	/ˈdʒɪndʒəz/ /ˈdʒɪndʒərz/
past simple gingered	/ˈdʒɪndʒəd/ /ˈdʒɪndʒərd/
past participle gingered	/ˈdʒɪndʒəd/ /ˈdʒɪndʒərd/
-ing form gingering	/ˈdʒɪndʒərɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɪndʒərɪŋ/

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