ginger

Describes a person with red or reddish-brown hair, or something flavored with or resembling ginger.

• 🇫🇷Décrit une personne aux cheveux roux ou rougeâtres, ou quelque chose qui a le goût du gingembre ou qui lui ressemble.

1. Hair color A2 informal

   Having reddish-brown or orange-brown hair, often associated with fair skin.

   • She has beautiful ginger hair.
   • He is a ginger boy with freckles.
   • The ginger cat sat on the windowsill.

   🇫🇷Roux (couleur de cheveux)

   Synonymes: auburncarrotycopperyredredheadedrustytitian

2. Flavor or color B1 formal

   Relating to the taste, smell, or color of the ginger root.

   • The ginger tea had a warm, spicy flavor.
   • She added a ginger tint to the sauce.
   • The cake had a subtle ginger aroma.

   🇫🇷Gingembre (goût, odeur, couleur)

   Synonymes: gingery

• gingerer comparative form
• gingerest superlative form

indénombrable

A noun referring to a pungent, aromatic spice derived from the root of a tropical plant, used in cooking and for medicinal purposes.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une épice piquante et aromatique, obtenue à partir de la racine d'une plante tropicale, utilisée en cuisine et à des fins médicinales.

1. Spice A2 formal culinary

   A hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, used in cooking and baking.

   • She added fresh ginger to the stir-fry for extra flavor.
   • Ginger is a key ingredient in many Asian dishes.
   • I love the taste of ginger in my tea.

   🇫🇷Gingembre (épice)

   Synonymes: gingerroot

2. Plant B1 formal culinary

   The plant itself, Zingiber officinale, whose rhizome is used as a spice.

   • The ginger plant grows well in tropical climates.
   • Farmers harvest ginger by digging up the rhizomes.
   • Ginger plants have beautiful green leaves.

   🇫🇷Gingembre (plante)

3. Hair color A2 informal

   A reddish-brown or orange-brown color, typically used to describe hair.

   • She has beautiful ginger hair.
   • He is a ginger with freckles.
   • The baby was born with a full head of ginger hair.

   🇫🇷Couleur rousse

   Synonymes: auburncopperredtitian

• gingers plural form
• gingers' possessive plural form
• ginger's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to add ginger to something, or to make something more lively, sharp, or exciting (often used in the phrase 'ginger up').

• 🇫🇷Ajouter du gingembre à quelque chose, ou rendre quelque chose plus vif, plus piquant ou plus excitant (souvent utilisé dans l'expression 'ginger up').

1. Add ginger to B2 formal

   To flavor or season something with ginger.

   • She gingered the tea with fresh root.
   • The chef gingered the sauce to give it a spicy kick.
   • He gingered the stir-fry generously.

   🇫🇷gingember

2. Energize or invigorate C1 informal british

   To make something more lively, exciting, or energetic.

   • The new manager gingered up the team with fresh ideas.
   • They gingered the party with some upbeat music.
   • A bit of competition can ginger up the whole process.

   🇫🇷Rendre plus vivant

   Synonymes: animateenergizeenliveninvigoratepep upspice upstimulate

   Antonymes: calmdeadendullpacifyquietensedatesoothesubduetame

• gingered past participle
• gingered past simple
• gingering present participle
• gingers third person singular

Variantes phrasal: ginger up