saffron
A plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocusA plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocus.
» Will you buy some saffron for me?
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocus.
Safran
шафра́нšafrán
(countable, uncountable)A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent.
Safran, Safran
шафра́нšafrán, шафра́нšafrán
(countable, uncountable)An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.
Safranfarbe, Safrangelb
a shade of yellow tinged with orange
Examples
10 sentencesWill you buy some saffron for me?
This rice has too much saffron.
Will you buy for me some saffron?
ruТы не купишь мне немного шафрана? — odexed
deKannst du für mich etwas Safran kaufen? — Esperantostern
My pepper is as good as your saffron.
ruМой перец так же хорош, как твой шафран. — Selena777
The most expensive spice in the world is saffron.
ruСамая дорогая пряность в мире — шафран. — nina99nv
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English saffron, borrowed from Old French safran, borrowed from MediInherited from Middle English saffron, borrowed from Old French safran, borrowed from Medieval Latin safranum, borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān), from Aramaic צפר.
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Forms
plural: saffronsSynonyms
5 synonyms- Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food:saffron crocusCrocus sativus
- a shade of yellow tinged with orange:orange yellow
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.