Noun: ginger
| Singular | ginger |
| Plural | gingers |
Sample Sentences
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The position in the country and in this House might be well expressed by a reference to the recent activities of the ginger party in Great Britain — the party that demanded that more ginger be put into the conduct of the war. [1918, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons, Canada Parliament House of Commons:]
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He had, however, "put some more ginger in two nights ago. Things move with exasperating slowness in this country.” [1990, Nancy Elizabeth Gallagher, Egypt's Other Wars: Epidemics and the Politics of Public Health:]
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The party managers demanded more “ginger.” [1919, John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, published 2007, page 77:]
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Can you buy dry ginger in Croatia? If not what is an alternative? [2018 May 2, pyatts, Tripadvisor:]
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Here’s, um, not toast but bread, anyway. And a can of ginger. [2010, Denise Mina, Still Midnight:]
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A lot of people will tell you ‘ginger’ tastes best in glass, and there is a science behind that,” says the company’s commercial director. [2015 August 19, Douglas Fraser, bbc.co.uk:]
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Maybe I was naive in thinking that baking with fizzy juice (soda, ginger, pop, whatever your regional name for the stuff is!) would be straightforward. [2016 January 7, Amy, baking with granny.co.uk:]
Nouns inflected like ginger
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gingere, alteration of gingivere, from Old English gingifer, gingiber (influenced by Old French gingembre), from Medieval Latin gingiber, zingiber, from Latin zingiberi, from Late Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), ultimately from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr), a compound of 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci, “ginger”) and 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr, “root”) (compare modern Tamil இஞ்சிவேர் (iñcivēr), from இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”)). See: Middle English Nouns '
gingere', Middle English Nouns '
gingere', Old English Nouns '
gingifer', Latin Nouns '
zingiberi', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ζιγγίβερις'.
Verbs referencing "ginger"
Zulu Nouns
ujinja.