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{{also|Ginger}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}
[[Image:Gingembre.jpg|thumb|right|Ginger rhizomes.]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdʒɪndʒə/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ginger.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪndʒə(ɹ)|s=2}}
* In the UK, the pronunciation /ˈɡɪŋə/ may be jokingly used in disparaging reference to (a person with) the hair colour; it is thus made to rhyme with ''[[minger]]''.

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|en|enm|gingere}}, alteration of {{m|enm|gingivere}}, from {{inh|en|ang|gingifer}}, {{m|ang|gingiber}} (influenced by {{cog|fro|gingembre}}), from {{der|en|ML.|gingiber}}, {{m|la|zingiber}}, from {{der|en|la|zingiberi}}, from Late {{der|en|grc|ζιγγίβερις}}, from {{der|en|pra-sau|𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭}}, ultimately from {{der|en|dra}}, compare {{cog|ta|இஞ்சிவேர்}} from {{l|ta|இஞ்சி||ginger}} + {{l|ta|வேர்||root}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{senseid|en|Q15046077}}The pungent aromatic [[rhizome]] of a tropical Asian herb, {{taxfmt|Zingiber officinale|species}}, used as a spice and as a [[stimulant]] and [[acarminative]].
# The plant that produces this [[rhizome]].
# Other [[species]] belonging to the same family, {{taxfmt|Zingiberaceae|family}}, especially those of the [[genus]] {{taxfmt|Zingiber|genus}}
# A reddish-brown color.
#: {{color panel|ginger|c75610}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial|often|_|derogatory|countable}} A person with reddish-brown hair; a [[redhead]].
# {{lb|en|colloquial|uncountable}} [[vitality|Vitality]], [[vigour]], [[liveliness]] (of character).
#* {{quote-book|en|passage=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.| year=1918| title=Official Report of Debates, House of Commons| publisher=Canada Parliament House of Commons}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Egypt's Other Wars: Epidemics and the Politics of Public Health| author=Nancy Elizabeth Gallagher| year=1990| passage=He had, however, "put some more '''ginger''' in two nights ago. Things move with exasperating slowness in this country.”| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xhgC7mfZg_AC&lpg=PA56&dq=%22more%20ginger%22&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q=%22more%20ginger%22&f=false}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1919| title=w:The Economic Consequences of the Peace| page=77| author=w:John Maynard Keynes| year_published=2007| passage=The party managers demanded more “'''ginger'''.”| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bJaFBRfOeoC&lpg=PA77&dq=%22more%20ginger%22&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q=%22more%20ginger%22&f=false}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial|countable| and |uncountable|}} Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if [[dry]]).
#* {{quote-web|en|date = 2018-05-02, 5:56pm| author=pyatts| site=w:Tripadvisor| url=https://en.tripadvisor.com.hk/ShowTopic-g295371-i1555-k11518708-Whisky_and_dry-Dubrovnik_Dubrovnik_Neretva_County_Dalmatia.html| passage = Can you buy dry '''ginger''' in Croatia? If not what is an alternative?}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial|Scotland, especially Glasgow|countable| and |uncountable|}} Any fizzy [[soft drink]], or can or bottle of such; pop; soda.
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Still Midnight|author=Denise Mina| year=2010| passage=Here’s, um, not toast but bread, anyway. And a can of '''ginger'''.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|date = 2015-08-19| author=Douglas Fraser| site=bbc.co.uk| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-33985180| passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|date=2016-01-07| author=Amy| site=baking with granny.co.uk| url=https://bakingwithgranny.co.uk/recipe/irn-bru-cupcakes/| passage=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.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en
|[[African ginger]] ({{taxlink|Siphonochilus aethiopicus|species}})
|[[aromatic ginger]] ({{taxfmt|Kaempferia galanga|species}})
|{{l|en|baby ginger}}
|{{vern|black ginger}} ({{taxlink|Zingiber malaysianum|species}})
|{{l|en|bleached ginger}}
|[[blue ginger]] ({{taxlink|Dichorisandra thyrsiflora|species}})
|{{vern|Canada ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Asarum|genus}} spp.)
|{{vern|Chinese ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Kaempferia galanga|species}})
|[[Cochin ginger]] ({{taxfmt|Hedychium coronarium|species}})
|{{vern|common ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Zingiber officinale|species}})
|{{l|en|dry ginger}}
|{{vern|Egyptian ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Colocasia esculenta|species}})
|{{l|en|ginger ale}}
|{{l|en|ginger beer}}
|{{l|en|ginger group}}
|Ginger Island|ginger ninja|stone-ginger|butterfly ginger|ginger bug
|{{l|en|ginger knob}}
|{{l|en|ginger nut}}
|{{l|en|ginger pop}}
|{{l|en|ginger wine}}
|{{l|en|gingerbread}}
|{{l|en|gingerbread man}}
|{{l|en|gingerette}}
|{{l|en|ginger root}}
|{{l|en|gingersnap}}
|{{l|en|gingery}}
|{{l|en|gingette}}
|{{vern|green ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Artemisia absinthium|species}})
|[[Indian ginger]] ({{taxfmt|Asarum canadense|species}})
|[[Jamaica ginger]] ({{taxfmt|Hedychium coronarium|species}})
|{{l|en|Japanese ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Zingiber mioga|species}})
|{{l|en|kahili ginger}} ({{taxlink|Hedychium gardnerianum|species}})
|{{l|en|limed ginger}}
|[[mango ginger]] ({{taxlink|Curcuma amada|species}})
|[[new ginger]]
|[[pink ginger]]
|[[race ginger]]
|{{l|en|red ginger}} ({{taxlink|Alpinia purpurata|species}})
|{{vern|sand ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Kaempferia galanga|species}})
|{{l|en|sea ginger}} ({{taxlink|Millepora alcicornis|species}})
|{{l|en|shampoo ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Zingiber zerumbet|species}})
|{{l|en|shell ginger}} ({{taxlink|Alpinia zerumbet|species}})
|{{vern|Siamese ginger}} ({{taxlink|Alpinia galanga|species}})
|{{l|en|spiral ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Costus|genus}} spp.)
|[[spring ginger]]
|[[stem ginger]]
|{{vern|Thai ginger}} ({{taxlink|Alpinia galanga|species}})
|{{l|en|torch ginger}} ({{taxlink|Etlingera elatior|species}}, syn. {{taxlink|Phaeomeria magnifica|species}})
|[[white ginger]] ({{taxfmt|Hedychium coronarium|species}})
|{{l|en|wild ginger}} ({{taxfmt|Asarum|genus}} spp.; {{taxfmt|Hedychium coronarium|species}})
|{{vern|yellow ginger}} ({{taxlink|Hedychium flavum|species}})
|{{l|en|young ginger}}
|ginger cordial|ginger minger|ginger snap|ginger-hackled|knock down ginger|knock-knock ginger|pinecone ginger|show a little ginger
}}

=====Descendants=====
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* {{desc|el|τζίντζερ|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ja|ジンジャー|tr=jinjā|bor=1}}
* {{desc|mt|ġinġer|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gv|jinshar|bor=1}}
* {{desc|cy|sinsir|bor=1}}
* {{desc|zu|újínja|bor=1}}
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=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|plant}}
* Acehnese:  {{t-needed|ace}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|gemmer}}, {{t|af|gember}}
* Aklanon: {{t|akl|euy-a}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|xhenxhefil|m}}
* Amharic: {{t+|am|ዝንጅብል|m|tr=zənǧəbəl}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|زَنْجَبِيل|m}}.
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|جنزبيل|m-p|tr=ganzabīl}}, {{t|arz|زنجبيل|m-p|tr=zangabīl}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|زنجبيل|m|tr=zanjabīl}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|سكينجبير|m|tr=skīnjbīr}}, {{t|ary|سكنجبير|m|tr=skanjbīr}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կոճապղպեղ}}, {{t+|hy|իմբիր}}, {{t+|hy|տաքկոճ}}, {{t|hy|սնգրվեղ}}, {{t+|hy|զանջաֆիլ}}
* Asi: {{t|bno|yud-a}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|আদা}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|xenxibre|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|zəncəfil}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|jengibre}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|імбі́р|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|আদা}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|अदरक}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|laya}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|джинджифи́л|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ချင်း}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|gingebre|m}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|luy-a}}
* Chakma: {{t|ccp|𑄃𑄘}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t+|yue|薑|tr=goeng1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|薑|tr=jiāng}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ⲥⲓⲛϭⲓⲡⲓⲗ|m}}, {{t|cop|ⲍⲁⲙⲡⲟⲗⲓⲟⲛ|m}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|jynjer|f-p}}, {{t|kw|jynjyber|f-p}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zázvor|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|ingefær|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gember|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|zingibro}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|ingver}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|ingifer|n}}
* Fijian: {{t|fj|layalaya}}, {{t|fj|cagolaya}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|inkivääri}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gingembre|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|zenzar|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|sinxebra|f}}, {{t+|gl|xenxibre|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|კოჭა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ingwer|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πιπερόριζα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ζιγγίβερις|m|f}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|અદરક|?}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|ʻawapuhi Pākē}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|זַנְגְּבִיל|m|tr=zangvíl}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|luy-a}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|luy-a}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|अदरक|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|gyömbér}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|engifer|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|jahe}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|sinséar|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|zenzero|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|生姜|tr=しょうが, shōga}}
* Jarai: {{t|jra|rơya}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|jahe}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಶುಂಠಿ}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|laya}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жанжабіл}}, {{t|kk|занзабіл}}, {{t|kk|зімбір}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ខ្ញី|tr=kñəy}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|생강(生薑)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|zencebîl}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|имбирь}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ຂີງ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|zingiber|n}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|ingvers|m}}
* Lisu: {{t|lis|ꓚꓬꓺ}}, {{t|lis|ꓚꓬꓮꓥꓺ}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|imbieras|m}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Ingwer|m}}, {{t|lb|Geimer|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ѓу́мбир|m}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|sakamalao}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|halia}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഇഞ്ചി}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|ġinġer|m}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡶ᠋ᡠᡵᡤᡳᠰᡠ}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|jinshar|m}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|आले|n}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|gingivere}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|цагаан гаа}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|gengive|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|ingefær|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|ingefær|m}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|gengibre|m}}
* Odia: {{t|or|ଅଦା}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|имберъ|m}}, {{t|orv|инберъ|m}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|زنجبيل|m|tr=zanjabíl}}, {{t|ps|زنجفيل|m|tr=zanǰafíl}}, {{t|ps|زنجپيل|m|tr=zanjapíl}}, {{t|ps|سونډى|m|tr=sunḍáy}}, {{t+|ps|شنډ|m|tr=šanḍ}}, {{t+|ps|شونډ|m|tr=šunḍ}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|زنجبیل|tr=zanjebil}}, {{t|fa|شنگویر|tr=šangevir}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Enjwa|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|imbir|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gengibre|m}}
* Rohingya: {{t|rhg|ada}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|ghimber|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|имби́рь|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|आर्द्रक|n}}
* Saterland Frisian: {{t|stq|Gänfer|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|dinnsear|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ђумбир|m}}, {{t|sh|ђѝнђер|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|đùmbīr|m}}, {{t+|sh|đìnđer|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|gènciru|m}}, {{t|scn|zenzeru|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|ඉඟුරු}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|zázvor|m}}, {{t+|sk|ďumbier|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|ingver|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|jengibre|m}}
* Sundanese: {{t|su|jahé}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|mtangawizi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ingefära}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|luya}}
* Tahitian: {{t|ty|reʻa}}, {{t|ty|reʻa tinitō}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|занҷабил}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|இஞ்சி}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|имбир}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|luuya}}, {{t|tsg|langkuwas}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|అల్లము}}, {{t|te|ఓల్లము}}, {{t+|te|ఆర్ద్రకము}}, {{t+|te|శృంగబేరము}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ขิง}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|སྒ}}
* Tigre: {{t|tig|ዝንጅብል|m|tr=zənǧəbəl}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|gorgor}}, {{t|tpi|kawawar}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|zencefil}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|zenjebil}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|імби́р|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ادرک|f|tr=adrak}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|زەنجىۋىل}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|zanjabil}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|xènxaro|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|gừng}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|zingib}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|sinsir|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אינגבער|m}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|atalẹ̀}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|hing}}
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{{trans-top|spice}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|xhenxhefil|m}}
* Amharic: {{t+|am|ዝንጅብል|m|tr=zənǧəbəl}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|زَنْجَبِيل|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|جنزبيل|m|tr=ganzabīl}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կոճապղպեղ}}, {{t+|hy|իմբիր}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|zəncəfil}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|আদা}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|laya}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|джинджифи́л|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|gingebre|m}}
* Central Dusun: {{t|dtp|layo}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t+|yue|薑|tr=goeng1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|薑|tr=jiāng}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|jynjer|f-p}}, {{t|kw|jynjyber|f-p}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|zencefil}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zázvor|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|ingefær|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gember|m}}
* Dzongkha: {{t|dz|ས་གཱ་}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|zingibro}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|ingifer|n}}
* Fijian: {{t|fj|layalaya}}, {{t|fj|cagolaya}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|inkivääri}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gingembre|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|sinxebra|f}}, {{t+|gl|xenxibre|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|კოჭა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ingwer|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τζίντζερ|n}}, {{t+|el|πιπερόριζα|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ζιγγίβερις|m|f}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|આદું|f}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|ʻawapuhi Pākē}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|זַנְגְּבִיל|m|tr=zangvíl}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|आदा|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|gyömbér}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|engifer|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|jahe}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|sinséar|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|zenzero|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|生姜|tr=しょうが, shōga}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ខ្ញី|tr=kñəy}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|생강}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|zencefîl}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ຂີງ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|zingiber|n}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ѓу́мбир|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|halia}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഇഞ്ചി}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡶ᠋ᡠᡵᡤᡳᠰᡠ}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|jinshar|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kōpī}}, {{t|mi|tinitia}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|gingivere}}, {{t|enm|gyngebred}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|гаа}}
* Nepali: {{t+|ne|अदुवा}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|ingefær|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|ingefær|m}}
* Odia: {{t|or|ଅଦା}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|gingibráð|n}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|زنجبیل|tr=zanjebil}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Enjwa|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|imbir|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gengibre|m}}
* Punjabi: {{t+|pa|ਸੁੰਢ|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|ghimber|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|имби́рь|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|आर्द्रक|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|dinnsear|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|ඉඟුරු}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|zázvor|m}}, {{t+|sk|ďumbier|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|ingver|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|jengibre|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|tangawizi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ingefära}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|luya}}
* Tahitian: {{t|ty|reʻa}}, {{t|ty|reʻa tinitō}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|இஞ்சி}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|luya}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|అల్లము}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ขิง}}
* Tigre: {{t|tig|ዝንጅብል|m|tr=zənǧəbəl}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|tvānkaro}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|gorgor}}, {{t|tpi|kawawar}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|zencefil}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|zenjebil}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|імби́р|m}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|zanjabil}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|gừng}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|zingib}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|sinsir|m}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|hing}}
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{{trans-top|colour/color}}
* Arabic: {{t-check|ar|بَنِي مَائِلُ إِلَى الحُمْرَةِ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|риж}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|薑黃色|tr=jiānghuángsè}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მოწითალო}}, {{t|ka|წითური}}, {{t|ka|ჟღალი}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πυρρόν|n}}, {{t|el|πυρρόξανθο|n}}, {{t+|el|ξανθοκόκκινο|n}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[生姜]][[色]]|tr=shōgairo}}, {{t+|ja|赤褐色|tr=せきかっしょく, seki-kasshoku}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|лисеста|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pākā}}
* Polish: ([[kolor]]) [[imbirowy]] {{g|m}}, {{t+|pl|rudy|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|[[rdečkast|rdečkasta]] [[barva]]|f}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|малла}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kızıl}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|melyngoch|m}}, {{t+|cy|coch|m}}, {{t+|cy|cringoch|m}}
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{{trans-top|person with reddish-brown hair}}
* Arabic: {{t-check|ar|بَنِي مَائِلُ إِلَى الحُمْرَةِ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pèl-roig|m}}, {{t+|ca|pèl-roja|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|薑黃色頭髮的人|tr=jiānghuángsè tóufa de rén}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|zrzek|m}}, {{t|cs|zrzka|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ros}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|punahiuksinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|rouquin|m}}, {{t+|fr|rouquemoute}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|rubio}}, {{t+|gl|roibo}}, {{t+|gl|roxo}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|წითური}}, {{t|ka|ჟღალთმიანი}}
* German: {{t|de|Rotkopf|m}}, {{t+|de|Rotschopf|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πυρρόξανθος|m}}, {{t+|el|ξανθοκόκκινος|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|ג׳ינג׳י|m|tr=jínji}}, {{t|he|ג׳ינג׳ית|f|tr=jínjit}}
* Italian: {{t|it|pel di carota|m|f}}, {{t|it|testarossa|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|赤毛|tr=あかげ, akage}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|urukehu}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|tsiiłchíʼí}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rudzielec|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ruivo}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|roșcat|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ры́жий|m}}, {{t+|ru|ры́жая|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|ryšavec|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pelirrojo|m}}, {{t+|es|colorín|m}}, {{t+|es|choco|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|rödtott|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kızıl}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|руди́й|m}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|cochyn|m}}, {{t|cy|cochen|f}}
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====Adjective====
{{en-adj|more|er|comp2_qual=rare|sup2_qual=rare}}

# {{lb|en|of hair or fur}} Of a [[reddish-brown]] [[color]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Chrissie Glazebrook|chapter=The Cadogan Hotel|title=Blue Spark Sisters|location=London|publisher=[[w:Heinemann (publisher)|William Heinemann]]|year=2003|page=22|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bluesparksisters0000glaz_s2q6/page/22/mode/1up|isbn=0 434 00939 3|passage=My eyes track upwards past the shoes to a pair of skinny legs, skinnier than mine, then to a tight black mini. Above that is a crisp white shirt. And crowning the whole thing is a mop of the '''gingerest''' hair I’ve ever seen in my life.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Vera M. Black|chapter=8|title=Trembling on the Brink|location=Ilfracombe, Devon|publisher=[[d:Q108291121|Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.]]|year=2005|page=153|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/tremblingonbrink0000blac/page/153/mode/1up|isbn=0 7223 3703-5|passage=And her hair’s ''brilliant'' red. It’s even '''gingerer''' than ''ours''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Sean Long|coauthors=Nick Appleyard|chapter=Sozzled in Spain|title=Longy: Booze, Brawls, Sex and Scandal – The Autobiography of the Wild Man of Rugby League|location=London|publisher=[[w:John Blake (English journalist)|John Blake]]|year=2009|page=131|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/longy0000long/page/131/mode/1up|isbn=978-1-84454-856-9|passage=But as well as being a tough rugby player, Jammer {{quote-gloss|''i.e.'', [[w:James Graham (rugby league)|James Graham]]}} also has the '''gingerest''' hair and palest skin in rugby (and possibly the world).}}
# Having [[hair]] or [[fur]] of this [[color]].
#: ''a '''ginger''' tomcat''
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Lynsey Hanley|chapter=The Wall in the Head|title=Estates: An Intimate History|location=London|publisher=[[w:Granta#Granta Books|Granta Books]]|year=2007|page=151|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/estatesintimateh0000hanl/page/151/mode/1up|isbn=978-1-86207-909-0|passage=A chorus of ‘Aaah’s rose as they would in an episode of ''The Royle Family'', while the '''gingerest''' boy in school swung his legs on the worktop and pretended he was Jamaican to be more like his mate sitting next to him, who wasn’t Jamaican either, but had parents who were.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Ginger squirrels pose new threat|journal=w:Sunday Sport|location=Manchester|publisher=[[w:Sport Newspapers|Sport Newspapers Limited]]|date=26 April 2009|page=3|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/Sunday_Sport_2009-04-26/page/n2/mode/1up|passage=But now evolution has stepped in, the reds are starting to mutate into bright '''ginger''' versions of themselves – and they’re here to stay. Leading squirrel expert Tony Handeigh, 48, is excited about the new breed of squirrel and thinks we could see woodland warfare in the future. He says: “I’ve seen one close up and it’s more '''ginger''' than {{w|Mick Hucknall}}’s pubes. But when it’s angry it gets even more '''gingerer'''.”}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=James Chambers|entry={{w|Alexi Lalas}}: The Genre Buster, General Custer|title=Footballers’ Haircuts: A New History|location=London|publisher=w:Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2010|page=59|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/footballershairc0000cham/page/59/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-297-86327-4|passage=He had everything. The {{w|Catweazle}} beard, the headband, the long flowing locks and he’s got to be the '''gingerest''' footballer ever (sorry [[Scholesy]]).}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[d:Q61129088|Lil Chase]]|title=Boys for Beginners|location=London|publisher=[[w:Quercus (publisher)|Quercus]]|year=2011|pages=[https://archive.org/details/boysforbeginners0000chas/page/16/mode/1up 14] (chapter 3) and [https://archive.org/details/boysforbeginners0000chas/page/193/mode/1up 192–193] (chapter 22)|isbn=978 0 85738 482 9|passage=His frizzy ginger hair is all slicked down straight, his sideburns are trimmed, and he’s wearing a suit. {{...}} That is the rudest thing that anyone has ever said to me! Coming from my own father means that it’s twenty billion times worse. ‘Well, you’re .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. you’re .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. you’re the '''gingerest''' person in the world!’ I don’t know if that hurt or not.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Jessica Townsend|chapter=Happy Hour at the Hotel Deucalion|title=w:Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow|location=Sydney, N.S.W.|publisher=Lothian, [[w:Hachette Livre|Hachette Australia]]|date=10 October 2017|page=100|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/nevermoortrialso0000town_y0a7/page/100/mode/1up?q=gingerer|isbn=978 0 7344 1807 4|passage=The walls of Jupiter’s study were lined with bookshelves and framed photographs, mostly of strange landscapes and people. Jupiter himself only popped up in a few of them – younger, '''gingerer''', skinnier, less beardy.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|ginger-haired}}
* {{l|en|Ginger Line}}
* {{l|en|gingervitis}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|reddish-brown}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَصْهَب}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|руды́}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|риж}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pèl-roig}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zrzavý}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ros}}, {{t+|nl|rosse}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|rufa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|roux|m}}, {{t+|fr|rousse|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|roxo}}, {{t+|gl|rubio}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ჟღალი}}, {{t+|ka|წითელი}}
* German: {{q|of a person}} {{t+|de|rothaarig}}, {{q|of hair}} {{t+|de|rot}}, {{q|informal}} {{t+|de|fuchsig}}, {{q|dark tone specifically}} {{t+|de|rotbraun}}, {{t|de|fuchsrot}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|vörösesszőke}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|rua}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[生姜]][[色]]|tr=shōga iro no|alt=生姜色の}}, {{t+|ja|赤褐色|tr=せきかっしょくの, seki-kasshoku no|alt=赤褐色の}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|лисест}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|ruy}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rudy|m}}, {{t+|pl|ruda|f}}, {{t+|pl|ryży|m}}, {{t|pl|ryża|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ры́жий}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|hrdzavý|m}}, {{t|sk|hrdzavá|f}}, {{t|sk|ryšavý|m}}, {{t|sk|ryšavá|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|rufo}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|руди́й}}
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{{trans-top|flavor}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|імбі́рны}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|zázvorový}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|იმბირის}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|gyömbér}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[生姜]][[味]]|tr=shōga aji no|alt=生姜味の}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ѓумбиров}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|imbirowy}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|имби́рный|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|імби́рний}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To add ginger to.
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar|author=Isa Chandra Moskowitz|year=2009|passage=They '''gingered''' the biscotti, black and whited the cookies and oated the meals.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y4Kv-PnZuUoC&lpg=PT233&dq=%22gingered%20the%22&pg=PT234#v=onepage&q=%22gingered%20the%22&f=false}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The Letters (The Inn at Eagle Hill Book #1): A Novel|author=Suzanne Woods Fisher|year=2013|passage=The first breather of the day came when Naomi brought some '''gingered''' lemonade out to the barn.}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic|transitive}} To [[enliven]], to [[spice]] (up).
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1982|author=w:Lawrence Durrell|title=Constance|publisher=Faber & Faber|year_published=2004|page=886|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, and Their War|author=Eric Larrabee|year=2004|passage=Before an action began, he liked to make bold predictions as to its outcome; this was part of his way of '''gingering''' people up, of creating an aura of victory to come.|page=464}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The Bible on the Big Screen: A Guide from Silent Films to Today's Movies|author=J. Stephen Lang|year=2007|passage=Regarding this human angle, DeMille wrote, "I am sometimes accused of '''gingering''' up the Bible with large and lavish infusions of sex and violence. I can only wonder if my accusers have ever read certain parts of the Bible."}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[apply]] ginger to the [[anus]] of a [[horse]] to [[encourage]] it to [[carry]] its [[tail]] high and move in a [[lively]] [[fashion]].<!--See "Gingering" on Wikipedia-->
#* {{quote-journal|en|passage=If he had been '''gingered''', he would have gone well. After I bought him, I '''gingered''' him.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_oEAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22gingered%22&pg=PA594#v=onepage&q=%22gingered%22&f=false|page=594|journal=The Veterinarian|year=1850|editor=William Percivall}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|journal=The British Veterinary Journal|volume=18|page=426|year=1884|passage='''Gingering''' is decided cruelty.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ft4fAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22gingering%22&pg=PA426#v=onepage&q=%22gingering%22&f=false}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|magazine=Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes|volume=60|page=161|year=1893|passage=There he is, moving in his best form, with the full knowledge that that long whip in his rear will once more be round his flanks, as it has often been before, if he fails to wake up when he comes out for a show—well '''gingered''', too, we should say, and all life and action.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBZHAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22gingered%22&pg=PA161#v=onepage&q=%22gingered%22&f=false}}
# {{lb|en|Nigeria|transitive}} To [[inspire]] (someone); to give a little [[boost]] to.
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Rehabilitating African Languages|author=K. K. Prah|year=2002|passage=These steps may not be immediately popular, but the society may have to bear with them until they succeed in '''gingering''' renewed interest and pride in the language so chosen.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Africa e Mediterraneo: cultura, politica, economia, società|year=2006|passage=In conclusion, intensive campaigns should be done in relation to '''gingering''' the nomads' interest in education, improve their interaction with neighbours and encourage them to start considering a more sedentary pastoral life.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2015|title=19-year-old student at a music school in Nigeria|work=BBC Newshour|passage=I attended their concert first, so that was what '''gingered''' me to continue this school.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|ginger up}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|enliven}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|megfűszerez}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakahohe}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|sbarduno}}, {{t+|cy|symbylu}}, {{t+|cy|cynhyrfu}}, {{t+|cy|ysgogi}}
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====Related terms====
* {{l|en|galangal}}
* {{l|en|feague}}

====See also====
{{top3}}
* {{l|en|parkin}}
* {{l|en|redhead}}
* {{l|en|shandy}}
* {{l|en|shandygaff}}
* {{l|en|turmeric}}
* [[Appendix:Colors]]
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===Etymology 2===
{{back-formation|en|gingerly|pos=adverb}}.<ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=''adj.''{{sup|2}} (and ''adv.'')|noformat=1|id=78373|date=June 2019}}</ref>

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|more|er|comp2_qual=rare|sup2_qual=rare}}

# {{senseid|en|delicate}}{{lb|en|chiefly|Britain|regional|Canada|US}} Very [[careful]] or [[cautious]]; also, [[delicate]], [[sensitive]]. {{defdate|from early 16th c.}}
#: {{synonyms|en|gingerish|gingerly}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Richard Stillman Powell [pseudonym; {{w|Ralph Henry Barbour}}]|title=The President and Tom Collins|journal=w:The Saturday Evening Post|volume=171|issue=40|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|publisher=[[w:Curtis Publishing Company|The Curtis Publishing Company]]|date=1 April 1899|page=626|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/sim_saturday-evening-post_1899-04-01_171_40/page/626/mode/1up|column=2|issn=0048-9239|passage=He’s going to get an interview about ten o’clock, making the old gentleman predict war, and we’ll get out the '''gingerest''' kind of a special on the strength of it!}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=W. Harold Johnson|title=[The Automobile World.] My Ideal Small Car Specification|journal=[[w:Country Life (magazine)|Country Life: The Journal for All Interested in Country Life & Country Pursuits]]|volume=XLIX|issue=1277|location=London|date=29 January 1921|page=lxvi|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/sim_country-life_1921-06-25_49_1277/page/n95/mode/1up|column=1|passage=Wherefore, although for my own car I want the “'''gingerest'''” possible engine, I realise that it has shortcomings for the general market and I would commend to designers the ideal of an engine that shall be as “woolly” as possible, so long as its artificially restricted dimensions shall not cause its owner to find himself unable to tackle respectable gradients.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=[[w:Coney Island (1928 film)|Coney Island]]|journal=[[w:Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|volume=XC|issue=5|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=Variety, Inc.|date=15 February 1928|page=27|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_variety_1928-02-15_90_5/page/27/mode/1up|column=3|issn=0042-2738|passage=“Coney Island” is by far the best picture the [[w:New York Hippodrome|Hip]] has had. That says very little for a house that has held the worst, but this F.&nbsp;B.&nbsp;O. {{quote-gloss|[[w:Film Booking Offices of America|Film Booking Offices]]}} will do business this week for the Hip because it more than makes good under one of the '''gingerest''' of names. And a name that should draw by itself.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=John W. McGinley|title=About the King’s Choice to Build His Palace Right on Top of a Dunghill: (Or, How to Conceptualize Jewishly)|location=Lincoln, Neb.|publisher=w:iUniverse|year=2006|page=540|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IV8UZkVmVcC&pg=PA540|isbn=978-0-595-37978-1|passage=They, the Rabbis, for better or for worse, were very '''ginger''' with this question.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|magazine=Flypast|year=2007|passage=After a very '''ginger''' landing, everyone aboard was able to see up close how lucky they had been to reach base.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The Prophetess of Bromfryel: The Knights of Callistor|author=Franklin Newman|year=2009|page=509|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=PR5604zj8qwC&pg=PA509|passage=Moving very slowly, taking extremely '''ginger''' steps, the woman felt beads of sweat dripping down from her body.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Craig Russell (British author)|Craig Russell]]|chapter=5|title=The Deep Dark Sleep|series=Lennox|seriesvolume=3|location=London|publisher=[[w:Quercus (publisher)|Quercus]]|year=2011|page=106|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/deepdarksleep0000russ/page/106/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-85738-181-1|passage=My face hurt like a son of a bitch every time I placed even the '''gingerest''' of fingertips on it, but from what I could see from my reflection in the broad blade of my letter opener, it still hadn’t swollen.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=T. D. Badyna|chapter=4|title=Flick|publisher=Whistle-Bit Books|year=2013|page=44|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780615832425/page/44/mode/1up|isbn=978-0615832425|passage=To walk, each crutch he kinda hopped forward a little and used his torso to drag his legs after, using them as the '''gingerest''' element of a tripod.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=James Hannah|chapter=Rib|title=The A to Z of You and Me|location=London|publisher=Black Swan, [[w:Transworld (publisher)|Transworld Publishers]]|year=2015|page=221|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/atozofyoume0000hann_c5n4/page/221/mode/1up|isbn=9781784160067|passage=Silence settles once more between us all, filled only by the '''gingerest''' of clinks of forks reluctantly hovering over flesh.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|gingerish}}
* {{l|en|gingerness}} {{qualifier|one etymology}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|gingerliness}}
* {{l|en|gingerly}}

====Adverb====
{{en-adv}}

# In a very [[careful]] or [[cautious]] [[manner]]; also, [[delicately]], [[sensitively]].
#: {{synonyms|en|gingerly}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To [[move#Verb|move]] [[gingerly]], in a very [[careful]] and [[cautious]] [[manner]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Paul Hemphill|title=I Gotta Let the Kid Go|magazine=[[w:Life (magazine)|Life]]|date=1 September 1972|volume=73|issue=9|page=42|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1cEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|issn=0024-3019|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Bill Marshall|title=Bukom|publisher=Longman|year=1979|page=83|isbn=9780582642232|passage=She '''gingered''' her way into the river and timidly splashed into its waters.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Donald Anderson|chapter=My Name Is Stephen Mann|title=Aethlon|publisher=University of Iowa Press|year=1992|year_published=2001|page=11|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnoVpzAE8o0C&pg=PA11|isbn=978-0-87745-778-7|passage=I '''gingered''' my hands into my grandfather’s [boxing] gloves.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Montana Kid Hammer|title=The Old West Adventures of Ornery and Slim: The Partnership|publisher=w:AuthorHouse|year=2009|page=47|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=pCKYK50emHkC&pg=PA47|isbn=978-1-4389-1998-0|passage=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.}}

===Etymology 3===
[[Cockney rhyming slang]]: {{m|en|ginger beer}}, {{m|en|queer}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|UK|Cockney rhyming slang}} A [[homosexual]].

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|UK|Cockney rhyming slang}} [[homosexual|Homosexual]].

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=egginr|Gering|erging|nigger}}

{{topics|en|Browns|Ginger family plants|Spices|Hair colors|People}}