tarragon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French targon (cf. modern estragon), from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “dragonwort, Dracunculus vulgaris”), from δράκων (drákōn, “dragon, serpent”). Doublet of estragon.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹəɡɑn/, /ˈtæɹəɡən/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹəɡɑn/, /ˈtɛɹəɡən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɹəɡən/

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• Hyphenation: tar‧ra‧gon

Noun

tarragon (usually uncountable, plural tarragons)

1. A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.
2. The leaves of this plant (either fresh, or preserved in a vinegar/oil mixture) used as a seasoning.
   • 2016, Susan Belsinger, Arthur O. Tucker, The Culinary Herbal, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 299:

     Herbs like tarragon are better preserved in vinegar, since tarragon loses its flavor when dried.

Synonyms

• estragon, dragon's wort, French tarragon, Russian tarragon, silky wormwood, wild tarragon

Derived terms

• Mexican tarragon

 

Translations

perennial herb Artemisia dracunculus

• Arabic: طَرْخُون m (ṭarḵūn)
• Armenian: թարխուն (hy) (tʻarxun)
• Azerbaijani: tərxun
• Bulgarian: естрагон m (estragon)
• Catalan: estragó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛇蒿 (zh) (shéhāo), 龍蒿／龙蒿 (zh) (lónghāo), 狹葉青蒿／狭叶青蒿 (xiáyè qīnghāo), 他拉根香草 (tālāgēn xiāngcǎo), 香艾菊 (xiāng'àijú)

• Czech: pelyněk kozalec (cs) m
• Danish: estragon (da) c
• Dutch: dragon (nl)
• Esperanto: estragono
• Estonian: estragon (et), estragonpuju
• Finnish: rakuuna (fi)
• French: estragon (fr)
• Georgian: ტარხუნა (ka) (ṭarxuna)
• German: Estragon (de) m, Dragon m / Dragun m / Drachant m (till 19^th century, replaced by Estragon), Bertram (de) (till 18^th century in this sense)
• Greek: εστραγκόν n (estragkón)
• Hungarian: tárkony (hu)
• Icelandic: fáfnisgras n
• Ido: estragono (io)
• Irish: dragan m
• Italian: estragone, dragoncello (it)
• Korean: 타라곤 (taragon)
• Latin: dracunculus m
• Macedonian: естрагон m (estragon)
• Manx: dragane m
• Ottoman Turkish: طرخون (tarhun)
• Persian: ترخون (fa)
• Polish: estragon (pl) m
• Portuguese: estragão m
• Romanian: tarhon (ro) m
• Russian: эстраго́н (ru) m (estragón), тарху́н (ru) m (tarxún)
• Serbo-Croatian: estragon (sh) m, taragon m, tarkanj m, kravljak (sh) m
• Slovene: pẹ́htran (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: estragon m

• Spanish: estragón (es) m
• Swedish: dragon (sv) c
• Tagalog: estragon
• Turkish: tarhun (tr)
• Welsh: taragon m, amgwyn m
• Yiddish: עסטראַגאָן (estragon)

the leaves of Artemisia dracunculus

• Arabic: طَرْخُون m (ṭarḵūn)
• Armenian: թարխուն (hy) (tʻarxun)
• Catalan: estragó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛇蒿 (zh) (shéhāo), 龍蒿／龙蒿 (zh) (lónghāo), 狹葉青蒿／狭叶青蒿 (xiáyè qīnghāo), 他拉根香草 (tālāgēn xiāngcǎo), 香艾菊 (xiāng'àijú)

• Czech: estragon (cs) m
• Danish: estragon (da) c
• Esperanto: estragono
• Estonian: estragon (et), estragonpuju
• Finnish: rakuuna (fi)
• Georgian: ტარხუნა (ka) (ṭarxuna)
• German: Estragon (de), Dragon m / Dragun m / Drachant m (till 19^th century, replaced by Estragon), Bertram (de) (till 18^th century in this sense)
• Greek: εστραγκόν n (estragkón)
• Hungarian: tárkony (hu)
• Icelandic: fáfnisgras n, estragon n
• Ido: estragono (io)
• Irish: dragan m
• Manx: dragane m
• Persian: ترخون (fa) (tarxun)
• Polish: estragon (pl) m
• Portuguese: estragão m
• Russian: эстраго́н (ru) m (estragón), тарху́н (ru) m (tarxún)
• Slovene: pẹ́htran (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: estragon m

• Spanish: estragón (es) m
• Swedish: dragon (sv) c
• Tagalog: estragon
• Welsh: taragon m, amgwyn m
• Yiddish: עסטראַגאָן (estragon)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} dragoncello (it) m

References

• “tarragon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• arrogant