English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English cucumer cucumber Old French cocombre Latin cucumis, cucumerem Old Occitan substrate
Pronunciation [ edit ] cucumber (plural cucumbers
A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus 1767 , A Lady [Hannah Glasse], The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Eaſy [ ] [1] ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers , naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.
The edible fruit of this plant , having a green rind and crisp white flesh .
Synonym: ( informal ) cuke 1785 , James Boswell , quoting Samuel Johnson , Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnſon [ ] [2] [ …] for it has been a common ſaying of phyſicians in England, that a cucumber ſhould be well ſliced, and dreſſed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
1837 , Letitia Elizabeth Landon , Ethel Churchill , volume 2, page 14:"Why, pepper and salt your reasons!" cried Curl, forgetting to look at the door for a moment: "your pamphlet has talent; but talent is like a cucumber , nothing without the dressing. You must be more personal."
A person who is calm and self-possessed .
1986 , Linking Technology and Users , page 41:Just a few tips will help even the most anxious of us get a bit of control over the presentation of information and thus appear to be that "cool cucumber " in cognito!
1999 , Mark Grantham, The Brewery , page 275:The guy's a real cucumber .
2002 , Margaret Fisher, Putting on Mock Trials , page 29:That Wolf is one cool cucumber .
2018 , Derek B. Miller, American By Day , page 65:"You're smart," says Irv, pointing at her and nodding his head. "A smart cucumber ."
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Arabic: خِيَار (ar) m ( ḵiyār )
Egyptian Arabic: خيار m ( xeyār )
Moroccan Arabic: خيار ( ḵyār )
Armenian: վարունգ (hy) ( varung )
Assamese: তিয়ঁহ ( tiõh )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܝܼܵܪܵܐ m ( ḳīyara )
Asturian: pepinu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: xiyar (az)
Bashkir: ҡыяр ( qïyar )
Basque: luzoker
Belarusian: агуро́к (be) m ( ahurók )
Bulgarian: кра́ставица (bg) f ( krástavica )
Burmese: သခွား (my) ( sa.hkwa: )
Catalan: cogombre (ca) m cogombrera f
Chichewa: mnkhaka
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黃瓜 (zh) , 黄瓜 (zh) ( huángguā ) , 青瓜 (zh) ( qīngguā )
Cantonese: 青瓜 ( ceng1 gwaa1 )
Crimean Tatar: hıyar
Czech: okurka (cs) f
Danish: agurk (da) c
Dargwa: хияр ( χiər )
Dutch: komkommer (nl) m
Esperanto: kukumo
Estonian: kurk
Faroese: agurka f gurka f agurk f
Finnish: kurkku (fi)
French: concombre (fr) m
Galician: cogombro (gl) m
Georgian: კიტრი ( ḳiṭri )
German: Gurke (de) f
Greek: αγγουριά (el) f ( angouriá )
Ancient Greek: σίκυος m ( síkuos ) (el ) , σίκυς f ( síkus ) (el )
Medieval Greek: ἀγγουρέα f ( angouréa )
Hebrew: מְלָפְפוֹן (he) m ( m'laf'fon )
Hindi: ककड़ी (hi) f ( kakṛī )
Hungarian: uborka (hu)
Ido: kukombriero
Indonesian: mentimun (id) , timun (id) , ketimun (id)
Italian: cetriolo (it) m
Japanese: 胡瓜 (ja) ( きゅうり, kyūri ) , キュウリ (ja) ( kyūri )
edible fruit
Afrikaans: komkommer
Albanian: trangull (sq) m kastravec (sq) m
Alekano: gamó
Amharic: ኪያር m ( kiyar )
Arabic: خِيَار (ar) m ( ḵiyār )
Egyptian Arabic: خيارة f ( xeyāra ) , خيار m pl ( xeyār )
Armenian: վարունգ (hy) ( varung )
Assamese: তিয়ঁহ ( tiõh )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܝܼܵܪܵܐ m ( ḳīyara )
Asturian: pepinu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: xiyar (az)
Bashkir: ҡыяр ( qïyar )
Belarusian: агуро́к (be) m ( ahurók )
Bengali: শসা (bn) ( śôśa )
Brunei Malay: timun
Bulgarian: кра́ставица (bg) f ( krástavica )
Burmese: သခွား (my) ( sa.hkwa: )
Catalan: cogombre (ca) m
Chechen: наьрс ( närs )
Cherokee: ᎦᎦᎹ ( gagama )
Chichewa: mnkhaka
Chinese:
Cantonese: 青瓜 ( ceng1 gwaa1 )
Dungan: хуонгуа ( huongua )
Mandarin: 黃瓜 (zh) , 黄瓜 (zh) ( huángguā ) , 青瓜 (zh) ( qīngguā )
Min Nan: 刺瓜 (zh-min-nan) ( chhì-koe ) , 黃瓜 (zh-min-nan) , 黄瓜 ( n̂g-koe )
Chuvash: хӑяр ( hăjar )
Coptic:
Bohairic: ϣⲱⲡⲓ m ( šōpi )
Sahidic: ϣⲱⲡⲉ m ( šōpe )
Cornish: kukomber m
Czech: okurka (cs) f
Danish: agurk (da) c
Dargwa: хияр ( χiər )
Dutch: komkommer (nl) m
Early Assamese: খিৰি ( khiri )
Egyptian: (sšpt f bꜣdt f
Esperanto: kukumo
Estonian: kurk
Ewe: adzamtre
Faroese: agurka f
Finnish: kurkku (fi)
French: concombre (fr) m
Friulian: cudumar m
Galician: cogombro (gl) m
Georgian: კიტრი ( ḳiṭri )
German: Gurke (de) f Salatgurke f
Greek: αγγούρι (el) n ( angoúri )
Ancient: σίκυος m ( síkuos ) (el ) , σικυός m ( sikuós ) (el ) , σίκυς f ( síkus ) (el ) , ἀγγούριον n ( angoúrion )
Greenlandic: agurki
Hawaiian: kaʻukama
Hebrew: מְלָפְפוֹן (he) m ( m'laf'fon )
Hindi: ककड़ी (hi) f ( kakṛī ) , खीरा (hi) m ( khīrā )
Hungarian: uborka (hu)
Icelandic: gúrka (is) f agúrka (is) f
Ido: kukombro (io)
Indonesian: mentimun (id) , timun (id) , ketimun (id)
Irish: cúcamar
Italian: cetriolo (it) m
Japanese: 胡瓜 (ja) ( きゅうり, kyūri ) , キュウリ (ja) ( kyūri )
Javanese: timun (jv)
Kalmyk: хаяр ( xayar ) , аһурцг ( ahurtsg )
Kannada: ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿ (kn) ( sautekāyi ) , ಸವುತೆ (kn) ( savute )
Karakalpak: qıyar
Kazakh: қияр ( qïyar ) , бәдірен ( bädiren )
Khakas: ӱгурсӱ ( ügursü )
Khmer: ត្រសក់ (km) ( trɑsɑk ) , តាសក់ (km) ( tasɑk )
Kikai: 胡瓜 ( きうい, kiui )
Korean: 오이 (ko) ( oi )
Kumyk: хыяр ( xıyar )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاروو ( arû ) , خەیار ( xeyar )
Northern Kurdish: xiyar (ku) , (rare:) arû (ku)
Kyrgyz: бадыраң (ky) ( badırañ )
Lao: ໝາກແຕງ (lo) ( māk tǣng )
Latin: cucumis (la) m
Latvian: gurķis m
Lithuanian: agurkas m
Lü: ᦶᦎᧂᦌᧂᧉ ( ṫaengsang2 )
Macedonian: краставица f ( krastavica )
Malay: timun (ms)
Malayalam: വെള്ളരിക്ക ( veḷḷarikka )
Maltese: ħjara
Middle English: cucumer
Mongolian: өргөст хэмх ( örgöst khemkh ) , огурцы ( ogurtsy )
Navajo: taʼneeskʼání áłtsʼóózígíí
Norman: cocombre f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: agurk (no) m
Nynorsk: agurk m
Occitan: cogombre (oc) m
Okinawan: 胡瓜 ( きーうい, kīui )
Old English: eorþæppel m
Ottoman Turkish: خیار ( hıyâr )
Persian: خیار (fa) ( xiyâr )
Plautdietsch: Gurkj f
Polish: ogórek (pl) m
Portuguese: pepino (pt) m
Romanian: castravete (ro) m
Romansch: cucumera f
Russian: огуре́ц (ru) m ( oguréc )
Scottish Gaelic: cularan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кра̏ставац m
Roman: krȁstavac (sh) m
Sinhalese: පිපිඤ්ඤා (si) ( pipiññā )
Slovak: uhorka (sk) f
Slovene: kumara (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: górka f
Southern Altai: огурчын ( ogurčïn )
Spanish: pepino (es) m
Swahili: tango
Swedish: gurka (sv) c
Tagalog: pipino
Tajik: бодиринг (tg) ( bodiring )
Tamil: வெள்ளரிக்காய் (ta) ( veḷḷarikkāy )
Tatar: кыяр (tt) ( qıyar )
Telugu: దోసకాయ (te) ( dōsakāya )
Thai: แตงกวา (th) ( dtɛɛng-gwaa )
Tigrinya: ኩኩምበር ( kukumbär ) , ቺትርዮለ ( čitrəyolä )
Turkish: hıyar (tr) , salatalık (tr)
Turkmen: hyýar
Ukrainian: огіро́к (uk) ( ohirók )
Urdu: ککڑی f ( kakṛī ) , کھیرا m ( khīrā )
Uzbek: bodring (uz)
Venetian: zetriol
Vietnamese: dưa chuột dưa leo (vi)
Welsh: ciwcymbr (cy) m ciwcymer m cucumer (cy) m chwerwddwr m
White Hmong: dib
Yakut: огурсу ( ogursu )
Yiddish: אוגערקע f ( ugerke )
Zhuang: lwgbieng
ǃXóõ: ʘna̰e
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Further reading [ edit ] Middle English [ edit ] cucumber
Alternative form of cucumer 
