English Explanatory Dictionary

mustard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
  2. Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
  3. The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
  4. Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
  5. One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
  6. The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
  7. Ellipsis of mustard gas.
  8. Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
adj
  1. Of a dark yellow colour.
  2. Very good, or very skilled.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

mŭsʹ-tərd /ˈmʌstəɹd/ [ˈmas.təd] [ˈmʌs.təd] En-uk-mustard.ogg [ˈmʊs.təd] [ˈmʌs.tɚd] en-us-mustard.ogg

Word forms

mustard mustards

Etymology

From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep, from Latin sināpi (“mustard”). Sometimes mistakenly thought to come from Latin mustum ardens, but such a Latin phrase is not attested, and it is well understood that that the final -ard is derived from Old French -arde. Doublet of mostarda.

Synonyms

senvy

Related words

must arugula bittercress brassica charlock cress dame's violet hedge garlic jack-by-the-hedge peppergrass rape sea rocket shepherd's purse silique wasabi wintercress

Derived words

Abyssinian mustard African mustard alkali mustard aniline mustard ball mustard beer mustard black mustard brown mustard buckler mustard Chinese mustard corn mustard curled mustard cut the mustard demustardization demustardize Dijon mustard dish mustard dog mustard English mustard Ethiopian mustard field mustard French mustard garlic mustard green mustard cabbage green mustard hare's-ear mustard hedge mustard honey mustard Indian mustard Japanese mustard Jim Hill mustard keen as mustard leaf mustard mithridate mustard mustarded mustarder mustard gas mustard greens mustarding mustardise mustardize mustardless mustardlike mustard oil mustard plaister mustard-plaister mustard-plaster mustard plaster mustard pot mustard powder mustard seed mustard tree mustardy nitrogen mustard oriental mustard poor man's mustard prepared mustard red mustard sarepta mustard sea mustard

Translations

Afrikaans: mosterd Amharic: ሰናፍጭ Arabic: خَرْدَل Arabic: خردل Arabic: حب الخردل Aramaic: ܚܪܕܠܐ Armenian: մանանեխ Assamese: সৰিয়হ Assamese: বেহাৰ Asturian: mostaza Belarusian: гарчы́ца Breton: sezv collective noun sezvenn singular Bulgarian: горчи́ца Catalan: mostassa Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎳ West Circassian: батыргъэгъ Czech: hořčice Danish: sennep Dutch: mosterd Dutch: mosterdplant Erzya: тюжапря Esperanto: sinapo Finnish: sinappi French: moutarde Galician: mostaza Georgian: მდოგვი German: Senf Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍀𐌹𐍃 Greek: σινάπι Ancient Greek: σίναπι Hebrew: חַרְדָּל Hindi: सरसों Hindi: ख़र्दल Hindi: राई Hungarian: mustár Ido: sinapo Indonesian: moster Indonesian: sesawi Irish: mustard Italian: senape Japanese: カラシ Japanese: からし Kannada: ಸಾಸಿವೆ Latin: sināpe Latin: sināpi Low German: Musterd Low German: Semp Macedonian: синап Malay: sawi Malayalam: കടുക്
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