lentil

English

Etymology

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by German Linse and Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛntəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛntəl
• Hyphenation: len‧til

Noun

lentil (plural lentils)

1. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
2. The seed of these plants, used as food.

Related terms

• lens
• lenticular

Translations

plant Lens culinaris

• Albanian: thjerrë (sq) f
• Arabic: عَدَس (ar) m (ʕadas)

  Egyptian Arabic: عدس m pl (ʿads)

• Armenian: ոսպ (hy) (osp)

  Old Armenian: ոսպն (ospn)

• Aromanian: linti f, pãpudã f
• Bashkir: яҫмыҡ (yaśmıq)
• Belarusian: сачаві́ца f (sačavíca), сачы́ўка f (sačýŭka), сачэ́ўка f (sačéŭka), сачо́ўка f (sačóŭka)
• Bulgarian: леща (bg) f (lešta)
• Catalan: llentilla (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扁豆 (zh) (biǎndòu), 小扁豆 (zh) (xiǎobiǎndòu)

• Czech: čočka jedlá f
• Danish: linse (da) c
• Dutch: linze (nl) f, linzenplant f
• Esperanto: lento (eo)
• Finnish: kylvövirvilä, linssi (fi)
• French: lentille (fr)
• Friulian: lint f
• Galician: lentella (gl) f
• Georgian: ოსპი (osṗi)
• German: Linse (de) f
• Greek: φακή (el) f (fakí)

  Ancient Greek: φακός m (phakós)

• Hebrew: עֲדָשָׁה (he) f ('adashá)
• Hindi: मसूर (hi) m (masūr), दाल (hi) f (dāl)
• Italian: lenticchia
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• Japanese: ヒラマメ (hiramame), 扁豆 (hiramame), レンズマメ (renzumame)
• Korean: 렌즈콩 (renjeukong)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نیسک (nîsk)

  Laki: نوژی (nujî)

  Northern Kurdish: nîsk (ku)

  Southern Kurdish: نِژی (nijî)

• Latin: lens
• Mazanderani: مرجی (marji)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: linse m or f

  Nynorsk: linse f

• Persian: مرجومک (marjumak), مرجو (fa) (marju), عدس (fa) (adas)
• Polish: soczewica jadalna f
• Portuguese: lentilha (pt)
• Romanian: linte (ro)
• Russian: чечеви́ца (ru) f (čečevíca)
• Serbo-Croatian: leća (sh) f, sočivo (sh) n, сочиво n
• Slovene: leča (sl) f
• Spanish: lenteja (es)
• Swedish: lins (sv) c
• Tagalog: lentehas
• Tamil: துவரை (ta) (tuvarai)
• Turkish: mercimek (tr)
• Ukrainian: сочеви́ця f (sočevýcja), сочови́ця f (sočovýcja)

seed used as food

• Arabic: عَدَس (ar) m (ʕadas)

  Egyptian Arabic: عدس m (ʿads) (collective), عدسة f (ʿadsa) (singulative)

• Aragonese: lentilla
• Armenian: ոսպ (hy) (osp)

  Old Armenian: ոսպն (ospn)

• Azerbaijani: mərci
• Bashkir: яҫмыҡ (yaśmıq)
• Basque: dilista
• Bulgarian: леща (bg) (lešta)
• Burmese: ပဲနီလေး (pai:nile:)
• Catalan: llentilla (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扁豆 (zh) (biǎndòu), 小扁豆 (zh) (xiǎobiǎndòu)

• Czech: čočka (cs) f
• Danish: linse (da) c
• Dutch: linze (nl) f
• Esperanto: lento (eo)
• Finnish: linssi (fi)
• French: lentille (fr) f
• Friulian: lint
• Galician: lentella (gl) f
• Georgian: ოსპი (osṗi)
• German: Linse (de) f
• Greek: φακή (el) f (fakí)

  Ancient: φακός m (phakós)

• Hindi: दाल (hi) f (dāl), मसूर (hi) m (masūr)
• Hungarian: lencse (hu)
• Icelandic: lentil, linsubaun
• Italian: lenticchia f
• Japanese: レンズ豆 (renzumame), ヒラマメ (hiramame)
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• Korean: 렌즈콩 (renjeukong), 편두 (pyeondu)
• Latin: lens
• Ligurian: lentìggia f
• Low German: Lins f
• Malay: kacang
• Maori: pī
• Nahuatl: caxtillan pitzahuac etl
• Nepali: दाल (ne) (dāl)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: linse m or f

  Nynorsk: linse f

• Persian: عدس (fa) ('adas), مرجو (fa) (marju), مرجومک (marjumak)
• Polish: soczewica (pl) f
• Portuguese: lentilha (pt) f
• Romanian: linte (ro) f
• Russian: чечеви́ца (ru) f (čečevíca)
• Serbo-Croatian: leća f
• Slovak: šošovica (sk) f
• Slovene: leča (sl) f
• Spanish: lenteja (es) f
• Swedish: lins (sv) c
• Tagalog: lentehas
• Thai: ถั่ว (th) (tùua)
• Turkish: mercimek (tr), yasmık (tr)
• Venetian: lente f, lenta f, lent f
• Vietnamese: đậu lăng
• Yiddish: לינדז f (lindz)

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

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} thjerë m
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} दाल (hi) f (dāl)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} lens
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} għads
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• Neapolitan: ^{(please verify)} nemmìcculo m, ^{(please verify)} lemmìccula f
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} leća (sh), ^{(please verify)} sočivica (sh)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} šošovica (sk) f

Anagrams

• Lintel, lintel, tellin, tellin'

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Middle English

Noun

lentil

1. Alternative form of lentile