safran

From Old French safran.

safran (collective)

1. saffron

• tesen safran (“saffron cake”)

From French safran, from Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

safran n (genitive singular safrans, uncountable)

1. saffron

Inherited from Old French safran, borrowed from Medieval Latin safranum, borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān), from Aramaic צפר.

• IPA^(key): /sa.fʁɑ̃/

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safran m (plural safrans)

1. saffron
2. rudder blade

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin safranum, borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān), from Aramaic צפר.

safran m (please provide plural)

1. saffron

safran

1. alternative form of saffron

From Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

safran m (uncountable)

1. saffron
2. gold dust
3. gold petals

• poudre d'or (“gold dust”)

safran m (definite singular safranen)

1. saffron (seasoning or dye)

• safrankrokus

safran m (definite singular safranen)

1. saffron (seasoning or dye)

• safrankrokus

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safran m (plural safrans)

1. saffron (Crocus sativus)

• Gui Benoèt (2008), Las plantas, Toulouse: IEO Edicions, →ISBN, page 225

• saffran, safrain, zafran

Borrowed from Medieval Latin safranum, borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān), from Aramaic צפר.

safran oblique singular, m (oblique plural safrans, nominative singular safrans, nominative plural safran)

1. saffron

• French: safran
• Norman: safran
• → Breton: safron
• → Middle Dutch: saffraen, soffraen
  • Dutch: saffraan
  • Afrikaans: saffraan
• → Middle English: saffron
  • English: saffron
    • → Japanese: サフラン (safuran)
    • → Korean: 사프란 (sapeuran)
  • Scots: sefron
• → Middle High German: saffrān
  • German: Safran
  • Luxembourgish: safran
  • Yiddish: זאַפֿראַן (zafran)

• IPA^(key): /saˈfraŋ/

safran m

1. saffron

Borrowed from French safran.

safran n (plural safrane)

1. rudder blade

From Ottoman Turkish صفران (safran), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

safran (definite accusative safranı, uncountable)

1. saffron (plant)

• “safran”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صفران”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 762
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “زعفران”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 644