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[edit] Etymology
(1350-1400) Middle English (adj.), from Latin vegetabilis ("able to live and grow"), derived from Latin vegetare ("to enliven")
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈvedʒtəbl/, SAMPA: /"vEdZ(@)t@b(@)l/
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- (US, Canada) IPA: /ˈvɛdʒətəbəl/, /ˈvɛdʒtəbəl/, /ˈvɛtʃtəbəl/
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vegetable (plural vegetables)
- Any plant.
- A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.
- The edible part of such a plant.
- (figuratively) A person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment.
[edit] Translations
a plant raised for some edible part of it
- Arabic: خضر (ar) (khuDar) f. pl., خضار (ar) (khuDaar) m. pl., خضراوات (ar) (xuḍrawat) f. pl.
- Egyptian Arabic: خضار (xuḍaar) m. pl.
- Armenian: բանջարեղեն (hy) (banǰareġen)
- Belarusian: гародніна (be) (haródnina) f., агародніна (be) (aharódnina) f.
- Bengali: সবজি (bn) (shobji)
- Bikol Central: gulay
- Bosnian: povrće (bs) pl.
- Breton: legumaj (br)
- Bulgarian: зеленчук (bg) (zelenčuk) m.
- Capiznon: kautanan
- Catalan: verdura (ca) f.
- Cebuano: utanon
- Chamorro: Gollai siha (ch)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 蔬菜 (cmn) (shūcài), 青菜 (cmn) (qīngcài)
- Croatian: povrće (hr) n.
- Czech: zelenina (cs)
- Danish: grøntsag (da) c., grønsag (da) c.
- Dutch: groente (nl) f., gewas (nl) n.
- Esperanto: legomo (eo)
- Finnish: vihannes (fi)
- French: légume (fr) m.
- Galician: vexetal (gl) m., verdura (gl) f.
- Georgian: ბოსტნეული (ka) (bostneuli)
- German: Gemüse (de) n.
- Greek: λαχανικό (el) (lachanikó) n.
- Greenlandic: grøntsagi (kl)
- Hebrew: יֶרֶק (he) (yerek)
- Hiligaynon: kautanan
- Hindi: सब्ज़ी (hi) (sabzī) f.
- Hungarian: zöldség (hu)
- Ilocano: nateng
- Indonesian: sayuran (id), sayur-sayuran (id) pl.
- Interlingua: legumine
- Irish: glasra (ga) m.
- Italian: verdura (it) f.
- Japanese: 野菜 (ja) (やさい, yasai), 青物 (ja) (あおもの, aomono)
- Javanese: janganan (jv), sayuaran (jv)
- Kalenjin: ngiek
- Kinaray-a: ulutanon
- Korean: 채소 (ko) (chaeso)
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- Kurdish:
- Sorani: سهوزه (ku) (sawza)
- Ladino: zarzavat
- Lak: ахънилсри
- Latin: holus (la) n.
- Lithuanian: daržovė (lt) f.
- Luhya: chinyenyi
- Luxembourgish: Geméis (lb) n.
- Macedonian: зеленчук (mk) (zélenčuk) m.
- Malay: sayuran (ms), sayur-sayuran (ms) pl.
- Minangkabau: sayuaran, sayua-sayuaran pl.
- Occitan: legum (oc), legums (oc) pl.
- Pangasinan: pising
- Persian: سبزی (fa) (sabzi)
- Polish: warzywo (pl) n., jarzyna (pl) f.
- Portuguese: verdura (pt) f., hortaliça (pt) f., legume (pt) m.
- Punjabi: ਸਬਜ਼ੀ (sabzī)
- Romanian: legumă (ro), legume (ro) f. pl.
- Russian: овощ (ru) (óvošč) m.
- Scottish Gaelic: glasraich f., luibh-gàraidh f., luiseanachd f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: поврће pl.
- Roman: povrće pl.
- Sindhi: سبزي (sd) (sabzi)
- Slovak: zelenina (sk)
- Slovene: zalenjava (sl) f.
- Southern Sama: sasayulan pl.
- Spanish: verdura (es) f., legumbre (es) m., hortaliza (es) f.
- Swahili: mboga (sw)
- Swedish: grönsak (sv) c.
- Tagalog: gulay (tl)
- Turkish: sebze (tr)
- Uab Meto: utan, utnin pl.
- Ukrainian: овоч (uk) (óvoč) m.
- Urdu: سبزی (ur) (sabzī) f.
- Volapük: härbat (vo)
- West Frisian: griente (fy) c.
- Xhosa: umfuno (xh), imifuno (xh) pl.
- Zhuang: byaek (za)
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some edible part of a plant
a person whose body or brain has been damaged
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[edit] Adjective
vegetable
- Of or relating to plants.
- Of or relating to vegetables.
[edit] Translations
of or relating to vegetables
[edit] Related terms
[edit] External links
Vegetable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
