ginseng

Other forms of ginseng

plural

ginsengs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ginseng

What does ginseng mean?

ginseng means "aromatic root of ginseng plants". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ginseng?

ginseng has 2 syllables: gin-seng. The stress falls on "gin". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɪnˌsɛŋ/.

What is another word for ginseng?

Close synonyms include nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax schinseng, Panax pseudoginseng. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ginseng a common word?

ginseng is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.