condiment

English

Etymology

From late Middle English condiment, from Old French condiment, from Latin condimentum, from condīre (“to preserve, pickle, season”). See also condite and compare recondite.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.dɪ.mənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.də.mənt/

Noun

condiment (plural condiments)

1. Something used to enhance the flavor of food, for example, salt or pepper, especially when added by the eater to taste rather than by the cook.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56:

     As a condiment in food, paprika is reputed to be strongly aphrodisiac.

   • 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times‎:

     Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs – topped with every imaginable condiment – hot mustard, sweet mustard, jalapenos, spaghetti sauce, regular relish, corn relish, maple syrup salsa and the secret sauce of Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). ("If I told you the recipe," an aide explained, "I'd have to shoot you.")

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:seasoning

Derived terms

• condimental
• condimentless
• non-brewed condiment

Translations

something used to enhance flavor

Albanian: piper (sq) m Arabic: تَابِل m (tābil) Hijazi Arabic: تَابِل m (tābil) Armenian: համեմունք (hy) (hamemunkʻ) Basque: gozagarri, ongarri, ongailu Belarusian: прыпра́ва f (prypráva) Bulgarian: подправка (bg) f (podpravka) Catalan: condiment (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 調料 / 调料 (zh) (tiáoliào), 調味品 / 调味品 (zh) (tiáowèipǐn) Czech: ochucovadlo n Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: smaakversterker (nl) m, kruid (nl) n, smaakmaker (nl) m Esperanto: spicaĵo Estonian: maitseaine, ürt, vürts, supiroheline Farefare: zẽerɔ Finnish: mauste (fi) French: condiment (fr) m Galician: condimento (gl) m Georgian: საკაზმი (saḳazmi) German: Würzmittel (de) n, Würze (de) f, Kondiment n, Würzsauce (de) f Greek: καρύκευμα (el) n (karýkevma) Ancient: ἄρτυμα n (ártuma) Hebrew: תבלין (he) m (tavlyn) Hindi: तड़का (hi) m (taṛkā), छौंक (cha͠uk), बघार (hi) (baghār) Hungarian: ételízesítő (hu), fűszer (hu) Irish: anlann m, tarsann m, bealaíocht f Italian: condimento (it) m Japanese: 調味料 (ja) (ちょうみりょう, chōmiryō) Kazakh: дәмқосар (dämqosar) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 조미료 (ko) (jomiryo) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: pulmentum n Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maori: kīnaki, tārau Mongolian: Cyrillic: цуу (mn) (cuu) Mongolian: ᠴᠤᠤ (čuu) Persian: چاشنی (fa) (čâšni), ابزار (fa) (abzâr), ادویه (fa) (adviye) Polish: przyprawa (pl) f Portuguese: condimento (pt) m Russian: припра́ва (ru) f (pripráva), специи (ru) f pl (specii) Spanish: condimento (es) m Swedish: smakförstärkare Tagalog: kondimento Thai: เครื่องปรุงรส (krʉ̂ʉang-bprung-rót) Turkish: çeşni (tr), baharat (tr) Ukrainian: припра́ва f (prypráva) Vietnamese: gia vị (vi)

Verb

condiment (third-person singular simple present condiments, present participle condimenting, simple past and past participle condimented)

1. (transitive) To season with condiments.
2. (transitive) To pickle.

Translations

to season with condiments — see also season,‎ spice,‎ spice up

Latin: condīmentō Spanish: condimentar (es), condir (disused)

Further reading

• condiment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin condīmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.diˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kon.diˈment]

Noun

condiment m (plural condiments)

1. condiment

Derived terms

• condimentar

Further reading

• “condiment”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “condiment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “condiment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “condiment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin condīmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.di.mɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Noun

condiment m (plural condiments)

1. condiment

See also

• exhausteur de goût

Further reading

• “condiment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

condiment f (plural condiments)

1. condiment

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 186

Romanian

Alternative forms

• кондимент (condiment) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French condiment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.diˈment/
• Rhymes: -ent
• Hyphenation: con‧di‧ment

Noun

condiment n (plural condimente)

1. spice

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	condiment	condimentul		condimente	condimentele
genitive-dative	condiment	condimentului		condimente	condimentelor
vocative	condimentule			condimentelor

Derived terms

• condimenta

Further reading

• “condiment”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025