Meanings
marjoram1
plural marjorams · alternative obsolete marjorum · alternative obsolete marierom
- countableuncountableA herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
The Lillie I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marierom had ſtolne thy haire
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 99”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC1 more example
Among the ancients, especially the Romans, marjoram was known to have an aphrodisiac value.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 173Synonyms: amaracus
- countableuncountableThe leaves of this plant, especially dried, used in flavouring food.
Marjoram2
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
More synonyms by meaning
nounaromatic Eurasian perennial
nounpungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinmaiōrana
- Old Frenchmajorane
- Englishmarjoram
From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiōrana.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀμάρακος, σάμψουχον
- ἀμάρακος (amárakos)culinary herb
- σάμψουχον (sámpsoukhon)culinary herb
- ἀμάρακον (amárakon)plant
- σάμψουχον (sámpsoukhon)plant
Arabic مَرْدَقُوش, بَرْدَقُوش
- مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš)culinary herb
- بَرْدَقُوش (bardaqūš)culinary herb
- مَرْزَنْجُوش (marzanjūš)culinary herb
- مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš)plant
- بَرْدَقُوش (bardaqūš)plant
- مَرْزَنْجُوش (marzanjūš)plant
Bulgarian риган, риган
- риган (rigan)culinary herb
- риган (rigan)plant
Catalan marduix, marduix
- marduixculinary herb
- marduixplant
Chinese Mandarin 墨角蘭 /墨角兰, 墨角蘭 /墨角兰
- 墨角蘭 /墨角兰 (mòjiǎolán)culinary herb
- 墨角蘭 /墨角兰 (mòjiǎolán)plant
Czech majoránka, majoránka
- majoránkaculinary herb
- majoránkaplant
Danish merian
- merianculinary herb
Dutch marjolein, echte marjolein
- marjoleinculinary herb
- echte marjoleinplant
Esperanto majorano, majorano
- majoranoculinary herb
- majoranoplant
Finnish meirami, maustemeirami
- meiramiculinary herb
- maustemeiramiplant
French marjolaine, marjolaine
- marjolaineculinary herb
- marjolaineplant
German Majoran, Majoran
- Majoranculinary herb
- Majoranplant
Greek ματζουράνα, ματζουράνα
- ματζουράνα (matzourána)culinary herb
- ματζουράνα (matzourána)plant
Hindi मरुआ
- मरुआ (maruā)plant
Hungarian majoránna, majoránna
- majoránnaculinary herb
- majoránnaplant
Irish oragán cumhra, oragán cumhra
- oragán cumhraculinary herb
- oragán cumhraplant
Italian maggiorana, maggiorana
- maggioranaculinary herb
- maggioranaplant
Japanese マヨラナ
- マヨラナ (mayorana)plant
Korean 마저럼, 마저럼
- 마저럼 (majeoreom)culinary herb
- 마저럼 (majeoreom)plant
Latin amāracus, maiorana
- amāracusculinary herb
- maioranaculinary herb
- majoranaculinary herb
- amāracusplant
- maioranaplant
- majoranaplant
Polish majeranek, majeranek
- majeranekculinary herb
- majeranekplant
Portuguese manjerona, manjerona
- manjeronaculinary herb
- manjeronaplant
Punjabi ਮਰੂਆ
- ਮਰੂਆ (marūā)plant
Romanian maghiran, maghiran
- maghiranculinary herb
- maghiranplant
Russian майора́н, майора́н
- майора́н (majorán)culinary herb
- майора́н (majorán)plant
Spanish mejorana, mayorana
- mejoranaculinary herb
- mayoranaculinary herb
- almoradux (almoradush)culinary herb
- almoradujculinary herb
- sampsucoculinary herb
- amáracoculinary herb
- sarillaculinary herb
- mejoranaplant
- mayoranaplant
- almoradujplant
- almoradux (almoradush)plant
- sampsucoplant
Swedish mejram
- mejramculinary herb
Tagalog mehorana, mehorana
- mehoranaculinary herb
- mehoranaplant
Turkish mercanköşk, yayla kekiği
- mercanköşkculinary herb
- yayla kekiğiculinary herb
- şileculinary herb
- mercanköşkplant
- yayla kekiğiplant
- şileplant
Welsh penrhudd yr ardd, penrhudd yr ardd
- penrhudd yr arddculinary herb
- penrhudd yr arddplant
Yiddish מאַיאָראַן, מאַיאָראַן
- מאַיאָראַן (mayoran)culinary herb
- מאַיאָראַן (mayoran)plant
Cite this entry
marjoram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marjoram
“marjoram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marjoram. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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